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Raspberry Pi Raises Prices As Much As $60 Due To Memory Demand

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Last year [1]Raspberry Pi announced price increases due to memory demand . Today they have announced another round of increased prices as a result of the memory shortages going on industry-wide.

Raspberry Pi is having to raise prices once again due to memory prices continuing to soar in 2026. This affects all their Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 and Compute Module 4 and 5 products with at least 2GB of memory. At least for the Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi 3 they still have "several years' inventory" of the LPDDR2 used there.

The latest price increases is $10 for 2GB memory density, $15 for 4GB, $30 for 8GB, and $60 for 16GB of memory on their Raspberry Pi 4/5 products.

More details for those interested over at [2]RaspberryPi.com .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Price-RAM-Demand

[2] https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/


The Linux House 1.01

Mr. Billy O'Nair knows how to build a house. The 24 year old retired
dotcom billionaire has constructed the "Linux House 1.01", a bachelor pad
built in the shape of Tux Penguin. This geek haven features a 256 foot
long computer room, along with other smaller, lesser important rooms
(kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc.).

Explained O'Nair, "Why do architects waste a bunch of space on formal
living rooms, family rooms, dining rooms, closets, foyers, and hallways
that are rarely used? In my 'Linux House', the majority of square footage
is devoted to the two rooms that I myself use the most: a computer room
and a procrastination room."

...The Linux House features a LAN (Liquor Acquisition Network) that
delivers alcohol or caffeinated beverages to any room in the house by way
of pipes that run through the ceiling. 'PANIC' buttons scattered
throughout the house activate the RAM System (Random Access Munchies), in
which candy bars and other snacks are immediately delivered by FPM (Fast
Pretzel Mode) and EDO (Extended Delicacy Output) pneumatic tubes.