Raspberry Pi Receives Strategic Investment From Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

TOKYO, Japan and Cambridge, UK, April 12, 2023 – Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (“SSS”) and Raspberry Pi Ltd. (“RPL”) as we speak introduced the settlement by SSS to make a strategic funding in RPL. The minority funding cements the connection between the 2 corporations, to supply a improvement platform for SSS’s edge AI gadgets to the worldwide group of Raspberry Pi customers.

“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,” stated 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 utilizing 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,” stated 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 an entirely owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and the worldwide chief in picture sensors. Our semiconductor enterprise additionally contains quite a lot of different components together with microdisplays, LSIs, and laser diodes. We attempt to supply superior imaging applied sciences that convey better comfort and enjoyable to individuals’s lives. In addition, we additionally work to develop and convey to market new sorts of sensing applied sciences with the purpose of providing numerous options that may take the visible and recognition capabilities of each human and machines to better heights. For extra data, please go to https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/index.html

About Raspberry Pi Ltd.

Raspberry Pi is a computing firm. Our mission is to democratize expertise: from corporations giant and small, to the kitchen desk tinkerer, to the classroom coder, we make computer systems and computing accessible and inexpensive for everyone. We need individuals to actively interact with expertise, not simply be passive customers. We need to present companies with entry to cutting-edge computing expertise on the lowest doable value. And above all we wish the Raspberry Pi platform to be an engine for creativity, studying and innovation.

※ AITRIOS is the registered trademark or trademark of Sony Group Corporation or its associates.

Media inquiries:

• Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
  • Public Relations: press@sony.com
• Raspberry Pi Ltd.
  • Press Inquiries: press@raspberrypi.com

About Sony Corporation

Sony Corporation is an entirely owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and is chargeable for the Entertainment, Technology & Services (ET&S) enterprise. With the imaginative and prescient of “continuing to deliver Kando and Anshin to people and society across the world through the pursuit of technology and new challenges,” Sony will create services and products in areas corresponding to residence leisure & sound, imaging, and cellular communications.

For extra data, go to: http://www.sony.net/

* Both Japanese phrases, Kando means emotion and Anshin has numerous meanings corresponding to peace of thoughts, reassurance, reliability and belief.

About Sony Europe B.V.

Sony Europe B.V. is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation and is headquartered in UK. We drive Sony’s main Entertainment, Technology & Services enterprise for shopper {and professional} markets, in addition to Imaging & Sensing Solutions enterprise throughout Europe. From R&D and engineering, design, to gross sales, advertising, distribution and customer support, we work to ship Sony’s goal to fill the world with emotion by means of the facility of creativity and expertise.

For extra data, go to: www.sony.eu/presscentre