Raspberry Pi 5 1GB model launches at $45 amid memory cost pressures
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Summary
Raspberry Pi announces a new 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 priced at $45, maintaining their commitment to low-cost computing despite rising memory costs. The company explains that while they've historically kept prices stable (like the $35 Raspberry Pi 4), recent unprecedented increases in LPDDR4 memory costs have forced them to adjust pricing on some products. The 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 represents their effort to continue providing affordable computing options amid these market pressures.
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For me, the crucial element of that sentence is low-cost.
Over the years we've worked hard to hold down the prices of our single-board computers – at $35, a 1GB Raspberry Pi 4 costs the same as a 256MB Raspberry Pi 1 from 2012.
But today, to offset the recent unprecedented rise in the cost of LPDDR4 memory, we are announcing price...
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