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Raspberry Pi Gets Its Own Brick-and-Mortar Retail Store (venturebeat.com)
The Raspberry Pi, believe it or not, now has its very own retail store. From a report: Located on the first floor of the Grand Arcade in Cambridge, U.K., the Raspberry Pi Store is open through the day, every day, and sells everything from Raspberry Pi microcomputers and accessories, to branded coffee mugs, soft toys, and more. [...] Despite its popularity -- more than 19 million Raspberry Pi units have been sold since 2012 -- the Raspberry Pi still feels a little niche to merit its own dedicated retail store. Indeed, most people who would be interested in building their own electronic gadgets from scratch are likely well-versed in the wonders of online retail. But conversely, that is likely the same reason why the Raspberry Pi Foundation wants its own space in the physical retail realm: it needs a new audience.
They joined the RISCV foundation last month. I would expect them to switch from ARM to RISCV in the next few years. The arch has enjoyed meteoric growth in the last few years from just a paper ISA to FPGAs and now real dedicated silicon. You can get 64bit multicore SoCs. At the rate they are going with the active work from their members it will be a viable commercial arch very soon. Debian even boots with X now.