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Sony Semiconductor Solutions announces strategic investment with Raspberry Pi

by Anthony Weaver

Raspberry Pi Receives Strategic Investment from
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
_Establishing strategic partnership for the further enhancement of the
edge AI solution development_

TOKYO, Japan and Cambridge, UK, April 12, 2023 – Sony Semiconductor
Solutions Corporation (“SSS”) and Raspberry Pi Ltd. (“RPL”)
today announced the agreement by SSS to make a strategic investment in
RPL. The minority investment cements the relationship between the two
companies, to provide a development platform for SSS’s edge AI devices
to the worldwide community of Raspberry Pi users.

“Our goal is to provide new value to a variety of industries and
support them in solving issues using our innovative edge AI sensing
technology built around image sensors,” said Terushi Shimizu,
President and CEO of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation. “We are
very pleased to be partnering with Raspberry Pi Ltd. to bring our
_AITRIOS_ platform — which supports the development of unique and
diverse solutions utilising our edge AI devices — to the Raspberry Pi
user and developer community, and provide a unique development
experience.”

“Sony Group is a longstanding and valued strategic partner. Our
pre-existing relationship encompasses contract manufacturing, and the
provision of image sensors and other semiconductor products,” said
Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Ltd. “This transaction will allow us
to expand our partnership, bringing Sony Semiconductor Solutions’ line
of AI products to the Raspberry Pi ecosystem, and helping our users to
build exciting new machine-learning applications at the edge.”

About Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Sony Group Corporation and the global leader in image sensors. Our
semiconductor business also includes a variety of other parts including
microdisplays, LSIs, and laser diodes. We strive to provide advanced
imaging technologies that bring greater convenience and fun to
people’s lives. In addition, we also work to develop and bring to
market new kinds of sensing technologies with the aim of offering
various solutions that will take the visual and recognition capabilities
of both human and machines to greater heights. For more information,
please visit https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/index.html [1]

About Raspberry Pi Ltd.
Raspberry Pi is a computing company. Our mission is to democratise
technology: from companies large and small, to the kitchen table
tinkerer, to the classroom coder, we make computers and computing
accessible and affordable for everybody. We want people to actively
engage with technology, not just be passive consumers. We want to
provide businesses with access to cutting-edge computing technology at
the lowest possible cost. And above all we want the Raspberry Pi
platform to be an engine for creativity, learning and innovation.

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