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Monthly Archives: September 2013

Behind the scenes at Sony UK making Raspberry Pi’s

Posted on 11/09/2013 by Paul
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Behind the scenes from the Sony Factory in Wales that makes Raspberry Pi's for Farnell.

Initially the Raspberry Pi Foundation aimed to sell 10,000 Pi's in the first year.  A year later and Sony are making 11,000 per DAY.

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