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Raspberry Pi 5: you won’t be able to get it in 2023, here’s why

Raspberry Pis are only just beginning to be available to the general public again. According to the CEO of the company, the time is not necessarily for innovation…

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A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W close-up / Credit: 123rf

If you’re a do-it-yourselfer or use the Raspberry Pi as the basis for your retrogaming projects, you know that, lately, it’s been hard to get hold of the Raspberry Foundation’s small ARM-based single-board computer. It is a victim of its success with teachers and enlightened amateurs, and the international supply chain crisis affects its distribution.

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If the situation begins to improve, this tension on the availability of components will still have long-term effects. In an interview with the YouTube channel ExplainingComputers, Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi details the impact that the Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine have had on the production of his company. The most striking information revealed in the video is the following: Raspberry will not produce a new Pi model next year. The counter will remain stuck at 4while waiting for better days, in 2024, perhaps.

From chips to packaging, the supply chain crisis has impacted every component of the Raspberry Pi

According to Me Upton, his company is managed to reserve several hundred thousand Raspberry Pi for its individual customers and SMEs. A large audience, but who do not buy in large volumes. He adds: “We don’t want people to have to register on a waiting list. They must be able order a Raspberry Pi and be delivered the next morning “.

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At the moment, the demand is strong for the Raspberry Pi 4, the RPi 3A+ or even the Pi Zero 2 W. This is why it is out of the question for the moment to use chips in a new product such as than the Raspberry Pi 5. The leader confirms: “don’t wait for the Pi 5 in 2023… next year will be a year of recovery […] We will be very careful about how we move forward”.

Source : Youtube

 

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