The Raspberry Pi five launches in October, and you could pre-order it now

Why it subjects: In December 2022, Raspberry Pi boss Eben Upton stated consumers must now not anticipate a Raspberry Pi five to launch before 2024. Instead, he expected 2023 being a recovery yr wherein the Raspberry Pi Foundation persisted to stabilize from lingering deliver chain issues as a consequence of the pandemic-induced global chip scarcity. Turns out, the inspiration changed into capable of right the ship ahead of time table and is now on course to release a new unmarried-board pc earlier than the stop of 2023.

Upton stated they may be thrilled to announce that the Raspberry Pi five will release at the stop of October, and that clearly each factor of the device has been upgraded. It's also the primary Pi to characteristic silicon designed in-house.

The new Pi five capabilities a 2.4 GHz quad-middle, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor it is paired with a VideoCore VII GPU, which helps OpenGL ES three.1 and Vulkan 1.2. The combo is stated to be suitable for a 2-3x CPU speed improvement and two times the GPU performance as compared to its predecessor, and there's additionally plenty extra I/O bandwidth.

The Pi five is capable of driving two 4K60 presentations simultaneously over HDMI and additionally helps dual-band 802.11 ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.Zero. There's additionally a microSD card interface with SDR104 assist, dual USB three.0 ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation, two USB 2.Zero ports, an Ethernet jack, and even a PCIe 2.Zero x1 interface to attach rapid garage.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is breaking subculture via saying its new flagship in advance of release – handiest the second time they've approached a brand new product release this manner. Liz Upton, executive director of communications for the Raspberry Pi Foundation, stated they felt like pre-pronouncing would deliver more human beings an possibility to get their palms on a Pi 5 on day one.

The Raspberry Pi five is available in two flavors: the 4 GB version is priced at $60 and a variation with 8 GB will set you back $80. They're to be had to pre-order now from nearby legal resellers and could start shipping in overdue October.