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Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kwavela izindaba zokuthi i-ARM ne-Raspberry Pi bamemezele isivumelwano sokuthi i-ARM yenze utshalomali oluhlelekile ku-Raspberry Pi, bethi lesi sivumelwano sizovumela izinkampani ukuthi zisebenzisane ukuthuthukisa amadivayisi amasha ekhompyutha asezingeni eliphezulu kanye namadivayisi e-Internet of Things (IoT).
Isabelo esincane phakathi kwe-ARM ne-Raspberry Pi sandisa ubudlelwano obuphumelelayo besikhathi eside phakathi kwezinkampani ezimbili ezisebenzisanayo ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo ezibalulekile.
U-Eben Upton, i-CEO ye-Raspberry Pi, kanye noPaul Williamson we-ARM bagcizelele umgomo wabo ofanayo wokwenza ukufinyelela kwekhompyutha kube yintando yeningi emhlabeni wonke. Umgomo wabo ukukhuthaza ukusungula izinto ezintsha ngokushesha nokukhuthaza ukwamukelwa kwamadivayisi e-IoT asebenza kahle emhlabeni wonke. Laba bobabili bagcizelele indima ebalulekile yamapulatifomu asekelwe ku-ARM njenge-Raspberry Pi ekufezeni lo mgomo.
U-Upton waqaphela lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali njengengqophamlando ebalulekile ekubambisaneni kwayo okuqhubekayo ne-ARM. Ubambiswano luholele emikhiqizweni eminingi ethandwayo ye-Raspberry Pi esekelwe ku-ARM.
"Ngokukhula okusheshayo kwezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-AI ezinqenqemeni kanye ne-endpoint, amapulatifomu afana ne-Raspberry Pi, eyakhelwe ku-Arm, abalulekile ekuqhubekiseni ukwamukelwa kwamadivayisi e-IoT asebenza kahle kakhulu emhlabeni wonke ngokuvumela abathuthukisi ukuthi basungule izinto ezintsha." ngokushesha futhi kulula. "Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kwamasu kuwubufakazi obengeziwe bokuzibophezela kwethu okuqhubekayo kumphakathi wonjiniyela kanye nokusebenzisana kwethu ne-Raspberry Pi."
UPaul Williamson, iphini likamongameli omkhulu kanye nomphathi jikelele webhizinisi le-IoT le-Arm, uthe umgomo wesivumelwano ukuqinisa isikhundla saso emphakathini wabathuthukisi be-IoT nokuqhuba ukudalwa kwezixazululo ze-IoT.
"I-Arm kanye ne-Raspberry Pi babelana ngombono ofanayo: ukwenza ikhompiyutha ifinyeleleke kuwo wonke umuntu, ukunciphisa izithiyo emisha ukuze wonke umuntu, yonke indawo afunde, ahlole futhi adale izixazululo ezintsha ze-IoT," kusho uPaul Williamson, iphini likamongameli Omkhulu kanye ne-CEO ye-Intanethi Yezinto.
Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kuqinisa ubudlelwano obaqala ngo-2008 futhi kubone ukwethulwa kwemikhiqizo eminingi ethandwayo ye-Raspberry Pi esekelwe ku-ARM yabafundi, abathanda kakhulu, kanye nabathuthukisi bezentengiselwano. Kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi i-ARM ibilokhu isekela umsebenzi we-Raspberry Pi Foundation; phela, ama-ARM CPU abelokhu ekhona kuyo yonke imikhiqizo ye-Raspberry Pi kuze kube manje, kufaka phakathi i-Raspberry Pi 5 esanda kukhishwa.
"Ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-Arm njengesisekelo semikhiqizo yethu yamanje neyesikhathi esizayo kusinikeza ukufinyelela ekusebenzeni kwekhompuyutha, ukusebenza kahle kwamandla, kanye nesistimu ye-software enwetshiwe esiyidingayo njengoba siqhubeka nokususa izithiyo zokungena zawo wonke umuntu, kusukela kubafundi nakubashisekeli kuya konjiniyela abangochwepheshe." "ukusebenzisa izinhlelo ze-IoT ezentengiselwano ngesilinganiso."
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi lesi sivumelwano siphawula ukutshalwa kwezimali kwesibili ngobukhulu kweRaspberry Pi, kulandela ukutshalwa kwezimali okufanayo kwabantu abancane ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka okuvela kwaSony, ekhiqiza amabhodi amaningi ngaphansi kwenkontileka yeRaspberry Pi. Nakuba inani laleyo mali lingadalulwanga ngaleso sikhathi, umbiko wonyaka weRaspberry Pi uthi yayibiza ama-£4,2 million.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ngenyanga edlule, inkampani yathi icubungula ukufakwa kuhlu eLondon Stock Exchange ngenani elilinganiselwa ku-£409 million. Lesi sinyathelo silandela ukuntanta okuhlehliswe kusukela ngo-2021 ngenxa yezimo ezingezinhle zamanani kanye nokushoda kwama-chip emhlabeni jikelele, okusolwa kakhulu ezinkingeni ezidalwe wubhubhane lwe-COVID-2019 lwango-19.
Ukwengeza, u-Eben Upton, oyi-CEO ye-Raspberry Pi, uthe:
"Ubuchwepheshe bezikhali bebulokhu buyisisekelo sezinkundla esizidalayo, futhi lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kuyingqophamlando ebudlelwaneni bethu osebunesikhathi eside bukhona"
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