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		cillian64 on Feb 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Raspberry Pi Zero W, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, pri... Look into the Next Thing Co GR8 -- it's a vaguely similar SOC (the thing in the Chip Pro) but is (in theory - I haven't investigated) available in small quantities and with an accessible datasheet.

wolfgke on Feb 28, 2017 [–]

The Next Thing Co GR8 is clearly not made by Broadcom. Look at the bottom of

> https://getchip.com/pages/chippro

who comes in question as manufacturer of the SoC (hint: Broadcom is not among them). Also according to

> https://github.com/NextThingCo/CHIP_Pro-Hardware/blob/master...

it uses a Mali400 GPU (not a VideoCore IV as the RPi).

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