The single-board computer Raspberry Pi has experienced serious shortages over the past three years due to a variety of factors, including increased demand, a lack of chips, and supply chain issues. Since last year, Raspberry Pi has been working hard to improve its products to alleviate the shortage problem. It has been almost a year since the shortage problem has not been solved, but it has indeed been greatly alleviated in terms of retail premiums, and everyone should be able to buy Raspberry Pi at normal prices soon.
According to official news from Raspberry Pi, the CEO of Raspberry Pi said during a visit to Sony's UK factory that the current weekly production capacity of Raspberry Pi is 70,000 units and the monthly production capacity is 280,000 units. The subsequent weekly production capacity will increase to 90,000 units and the monthly production capacity will reach 360,000 units.
At present, the production and manufacturing of Raspberry Pi mainly relies on Sony's factory in South Wales, England, which is one of the largest manufacturing bases of Raspberry Pi. Even the boss of Raspberry Pi praised Sony for being really amazing.
In terms of products, it is not Raspberry Pi 5 that currently has a significant premium. On the contrary, third-party companies that mass-manufacture and produce products based on Raspberry Pi prefer older versions such as Raspberry Pi 4. After all, the software and hardware built on older versions are stable, and these companies will not migrate to Raspberry Pi 5 in the short term.
Personal enthusiasts prefer the new Raspberry Pi. After all, it is better to buy new than old. Even if the price is higher, it is better to just buy the new version with the strongest performance.