Topic: raspberry pi
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Raspberry Pi Prices Rise Again Amid Memory Shortages
The cost of building Raspberry Pi boards is rising again, primarily due to a severe shortage of memory components that has more than doubled the price of some parts. New price increases, effective soon, add $10 to $60 to models with 2GB of RAM or more, including the Pi 4 and 5, while 1GB models a...
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Modder Hacks Raspberry Pi 500+ to Run an RX 7900 XT
The Raspberry Pi 500+ was modified by Jeff Geerling to connect a powerful Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card via its NVMe M.2 slot, demonstrating the board's unexpected versatility beyond its original design. Despite the Raspberry Pi 5's processor being a bottleneck for modern gaming, the system ran...
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Raspberry Pi's New Mechanical Keyboard Has Built-In SSD
The Raspberry Pi 500 Plus is an upgraded all-in-one computer keyboard that now includes a built-in M.2 SSD slot, comes with a pre-installed 256GB SSD, and integrates the more powerful Raspberry Pi 5 microcomputer. It features enhanced performance with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A76 processor and 16GB...
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Raspberry Pi Prices Rise Again Amid RAM Shortage
A global chip shortage, driven by AI sector demand, is causing significant price increases for Raspberry Pi computers, impacting hobbyists and developers. The latest price hikes specifically target models with 2GB+ RAM, with increases up to $60, compounding earlier rises and pushing key models ov...
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Raspberry Pi's New AI Board Packs 8GB RAM for Gen AI Models
The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 is a $130 add-on board for the Pi 5, featuring a Hailo 10H chip and 8GB of onboard RAM to independently run and fine-tune small generative AI models like Llama 3.2. Independent testing reveals the AI HAT+ 2 can be outperformed by a standard Pi 5 due to its strict 3-watt...
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HP EliteBoard G1a: A Full Windows 11 PC Hidden in a Keyboard
The HP EliteBoard G1a integrates a full Windows 11 PC into a keyboard, offering a streamlined, professional desktop solution to reduce desk clutter. The concept revives a historical idea, recently popularized by budget-friendly, Linux-based Raspberry Pi models like the Pi 400 and Pi 500. Unlike t...
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Raspberry Pi Price Hike: What It Means for Makers
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has raised prices for its 4 and 5 model lines by $5 to $25, citing a temporary surge in global memory costs driven by AI infrastructure demands. To maintain an affordable entry point, the company is introducing a new 1GB variant of the Raspberry Pi 5 for $45, which ret...
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Achieve 100 MBit/s Ethernet on a Raspberry Pi Pico
The Raspberry Pi Pico achieves 100 MBit/s Fast Ethernet using the Pico-100BASE-TX library, enabling data transmission at about 11 Mbyte per second on RP2040 and RP2350 chips. This breakthrough required innovative engineering to handle 100BASE-T's three voltage levels and complex encoding with jus...
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Ditch Your Chromecast: The Raspberry Pi TV Upgrade
Google's Chromecast has shifted toward pricier models, making a Raspberry Pi an attractive, flexible alternative for budget-conscious users seeking to upgrade older televisions. Unlike Chromecast's locked-down operating system, the Raspberry Pi allows installation of various media-focused OSes, o...
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Play Classic Nintendo Games on SNES-Inspired Nike Sneakers
The AIR SNES are custom Nike Air Max 90 sneakers that function as a fully operational Super Nintendo console, created by designer Gustavo Bonzanini to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Super Famicom. Instead of using original hardware, the sneakers incorporate a Raspberry Pi Zero W with Retro...
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Global Memory Shortage Drives RAM Prices Higher
A global RAM shortage is driving up prices for consumer electronics, as manufacturers prioritize supplying high-margin AI companies over the traditional market. The supply squeeze is forcing price increases for components like PC RAM and finished devices, including laptops and single-board comput...
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HP Puts a Full Desktop Inside This Keyboard
HP's Eliteboard G1a is a compact mini desktop computer built entirely into a keyboard, containing an AMD Ryzen AI processor, memory, storage, and speakers, requiring only a monitor and its paired mouse for a full setup. It runs a complete desktop operating system for office tasks and offers confi...
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Kali Linux 2025.3: 10 New Hacking Tools & Wi-Fi Upgrades
Kali Linux 2025.3 has been released, introducing ten new hacking tools and major enhancements to its wireless and mobile frameworks, including the official integration of the Nexmon firmware patching framework. The update expands the toolkit with tools for web security auditing, AI integration in...
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Conquer Math Anxiety With a Python Super-Calculator
Python, with specialized libraries, enables the creation of a computational tool for solving complex mathematical problems, similar to professional software like Wolfram Mathematica. SymPy provides symbolic mathematics capabilities, while NumPy, pandas, and SciPy handle statistical computations, ...
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