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by saagarjha 2751 days ago
This file is from 2016, apparently, so Apple has likely been using this for quite some time. It's possible that Apple found it convenient to run certain things (guesses: some IoT thing or prototyping a small embedded processor like the one inside the Lightning Digital AV Adapter) on a Raspberry Pi rather than a full-blown A-series core or other chip that is inconvenient due to {price, availability, etc.}.