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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by petra on Friday April 29, 2016 @11:01PM (#11600135)
You don't have to have the processor to be open to do all those, do you ?

And the pi/atheros is open exactly because they're not a mass market product.

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Re:Intel cuts Atom chips, basically giving up on the smartph... by sambe on Saturday April 30, 2016 @02:13AM (#11600614)
Raspberry Pi had sold 5 million devices by Feb 2015. It's a bit different from 7 figures per quarter, but I'd still call it mass market.
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