> When one codes on a Raspberry Pi one generally thinks of these CPUs as the core of the device with all the peripherals surrounding them... however the provenance of this chip is much more interesting and the CPUs are actually an afterthought.

> The primary design goal of this chip was for cable TV set top boxes. For that the designers focused on transporting video. The real core of this chip is the "Video Core IV".... it's the actual master.