element14 ships 500,000th Raspberry Pi

element14 has signed a new distribution deal with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to continue to sell the credit card sized computer around the world.

The company also announced that it has now manufactured and delivered more than 500,000 Raspberry Pi's since the board's launch in February 2012. Mike Buffham, global head of EDE at element14, said: "It seems every time we talk about the Raspberry Pi we say it has been a true phenomenon, but it genuinely has. "Back in February last year we could never have thought it would be this successful. Now less than a year on and we have manufactured over 500,000 at element14 alone, and we are delighted to have signed a new contract with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to continue to play a pivotal role in putting computer programming back at the heart of engineers, both young and old."