Raspberry Pi 5 is getting a $100 worth hike because of RAM scarcity
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In abstract:
- PCWorld stories that the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB mannequin has elevated by $100 to $220 as a result of AI-driven RAM shortages affecting reminiscence prices.
- A number of Raspberry Pi fashions together with the Pi 4, Pi 500, and Compute Module variants are experiencing important worth hikes from rising storage prices.
- Raspberry Pi gives a brand new cheaper 3GB Pi 4 mannequin at $83.75 as a substitute, with CEO Eben Upton stating these will increase are non permanent.
For months now, we’ve been reporting on the rising costs of reminiscence and storage, which has led a number of tech corporations to extend the costs of their computer systems, tablets, and smartphones. The newest information right here is that the Raspberry Pi microcomputer can be changing into considerably costlier, stories The Verge.
When the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB first launched, it was priced at $120. Now, because of the AI-driven RAM scarcity, that mannequin is getting a worth bump of $100, based on a weblog publish announcement. Different fashions are additionally getting worth bumps, together with Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 fashions with 4GB or extra reminiscence; Raspberry Pi 500 and 500+; and all variants of Compute Module 4, Compute Module 4S, and Compute Module 5.
Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Ltd., ended the weblog publish with a small reassurance: “We’ve stated a lot of occasions now that reminiscence costs gained’t stay at their present very excessive degree indefinitely… [When circumstances abate], we’ll reverse our worth will increase.”
In that very same announcement, Upton led with what may very well be thought-about a comfort: a less expensive model of the Raspberry Pi 4 that solely has 3 GB of reminiscence and is priced at $83.75 (in comparison with the 4GB mannequin now at $110 and the 8GB mannequin now at $165).
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.
