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Raspberry Pi, the British computer manufacturer, unveiled a new 2GB variant of its flagship Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer on Monday, priced at $50. Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said the company aims to “bring high-performance general-purpose computing to the widest possible audience” with the new offering. The 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 utilizes a cost-optimized D0 stepping of the BCM2712 application processor, which removes non-essential functionality to reduce manufacturing costs.
Upton stated the chip is “functionally identical” to users compared to higher-memory variants. While the reduced RAM may limit multitasking capabilities, Raspberry Pi’s optimized OS allows for efficient resource usage. The company expects the 2GB model to suffice for many users’ needs, while power users may opt for 4GB or 8GB versions priced at $60 and $80 respectively. The Raspberry Pi 5, launched in October 2023, features a quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 CPU running at 2.4GHz, dual 4K display output, and support for PCIe SSDs. Upton noted the latest model is “about 150 times as powerful” as the original Raspberry Pi from 2012.
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