Raspberry Pi: 14 million sold, 10 million made in the UK

The smash hit British PC ever has hit another point of reference.

Raspberry Pi's main producer, the Sony UK Technology Center, has hit a really sizeable turning point. 

Five years back, Sony UK was drawn nearer to make 10,000 Raspberry Pi units for each year - that is a modest 27 a day - however today it produces up to 15,000 a day and as of late rolled the 10 millionth unit of Britain's top rated PC off its creation line. 

To celebrate the point of reference, Sony TEC UK has nitty gritty key figures representing the noteworthy development of its agreement fabricating business since making its first Raspberry Pi in 2012. 

The 30,000 square meter Sony UK office, situated in Pencoed, South Wales, has scaled up with the goal that its pinnacle Raspberry Pi generation limit can achieve 100,000 units for every week. 

The office has made proficient A/V Sony gear for quite a long time, however, went up against Raspberry Pi producing for element14 in 2012, which has turned into a key piece of its agreement hardware fabricating business. 

Preceding this, the Raspberry Pi was made in China; a few models are presently likewise made in Japan. 

"Our development has been naturally connected to the achievement of the Raspberry Pi and we are enchanted to achieve the 10m assembling point of reference," said Steve Dalton, Sony UK TEC's overseeing chief. 

Raspberry Pi organizer Ebert Upton likewise reported that 14 million Raspberry Pi PCs had been sold at this point. That is up from 12.5 million units more than five years in March. 

"We are especially charmed that the Pi has set the benchmark for using creative and dynamic assembling appropriate here in the UK, as it was forever our desire to make the PCs in this nation," said Upton. 

Sony UK today utilizes 540 neighborhood workers, up from 340 five years back, and has extended its product offering to 10, including the Raspberry Pi 2, Pi Cameras, Pi NoIR Cameras, B+, I/O Boards, Compute Modules, A+, Compute Module 3s, Pi Zero and the Raspberry Pi 3.