Submission + - Raspberry Pi 5 announced (raspberrypi.com) 1
jizmonkey writes: Today the Raspberry Pi 5 was announced, to ship at the end of October. The new version is priced at $60 for the 4GB variant, and $80 for its 8GB sibling, and virtually every aspect of the platform has been upgraded. The new CPU is twice as fast and new features include simultaneous 5.0 Gbps USB 3.0 ports and a PCIe 2.0 x1 interface which can be used for an m.2 storage. Priority will be given to individual buyers through the end of the year.
Wrong direction (Score:1)
RPI needs to stop trying to be a desktop replacement and focus on its original mission of being a highly functional embedded computer. They're driving up cost with things like GbE BT, and a ton of USB and other retail user-focused things, and leaving out important embedded functions like A/Ds, dense GPIO, and other things they expect you to buy a hat for when you've already blown too much money on their computer.