News Raspberry Pi Adds 100,000 Units to Supply Chain, Back to Pre-pandemic Levels in 2023

[Admin]

Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton announces 100,000 Raspberry Pis are flowing into the supply chain, and 2023 looks set to see a recovery to pre-pandemic stock levels.

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[mediagiant]

Great news!

However, at this point, they should just put out the Pi 5.

 

[pug_s]

Thank goodness that I sold my 4gb version of raspberry pi just now

 

[eye4bear]

I note that there was no mention of either the Pi 8gb or the 400 which leaves me to still see about ordering an Orange 800.

 

[sundragon]

Good news but it's also been great news for competitors because the vacuum created by the lack of Pis has people looking for viable alternatives. To both @eye4bear's point and to @mediagiant's point, they should have released a Pi 5 by now. I've had a few projects waiting for viable SBCs that match the performance/price of the 4 - The other point to consider is a lot of their competition has really awful/barely their OS support.

 

[bit_user]

I've had a few projects waiting for viable SBCs that match the performance/price of the 4 - The other point to consider is a lot of their competition has really awful/barely their OS support.

You might have a look at Hard Kernel's ODROID devices. I have the N2+ and it runs cool & fast. No problems with the official Ubuntu image, other than lack of 3D acceleration. In the user forms, people have posted ISOs with working 3D and video acceleration. Or...

As for OS support on SBCs, check out the Armbian distro. I can't speak from experience, but I'm planning on trying it on my next SBC.