https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/09\/21\/raspberry-pi-gets-45m-to-meet-demand-for-low-cost-pcs-and-iot\/<\/a><\/p>\n(…)<\/p>\n
Spending on marketing is also planned, across both the consumer (\u201cbuild it yourself\u201d PC) and industrial (IoT) sectors.<\/p>\n
Its trading arm ships 7 million+ devices a year at this point.<\/p>\n
While, in total, the Pi Foundation also said it\u2019s shipping over 42 million (Pi-powered) PCs to more than 100 countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe certainly saw increased interest in Raspberry Pi during lockdown,\u201d Upton told TechCrunch. \u201cIt was satisfying to be able to supply units to young people who needed machines to study from home on, and we had some great philanthropic support (notably from the Bloomfield Trust) to roll kits out to disadvantaged young people in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur current sustained increase in demand is driven primarily by industrial customers as the economy rebounds from COVID-19,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the short term the focus is on investing in manufacturing and supply chain to meet demand,\u201d he also said, expanding on the plan for the funding. \u201cIn the longer term, this funding is going to allow us to invest more in product development: As our products become more sophisticated, they become much more expensive and time-consuming to develop, so being able to hire more engineers is a key driver of future growth.\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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