Eben Upton

technical director broadcom

The technical director of Broadcom, Eben Upton, is credited with the design of Raspberry Pi, a small computer aimed at promoting the teaching of computer science. Upton’s introduction to engineering stemmed from tinkering with the inexpensive and expandable computers that inhabited schools in the 1980s. Today, computers are easier to play on but harder to play with so Upton wanted a computer that would introduce today’s generation to software programming and hardware engineering. His small design is simple to manipulate and a tenth of the price of competitors, so is an affordable option for children and adults in poorer countries. Upton was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal and the MIT Technology Review TR35 world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35.

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