DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market
www.jeffgeerling.com
Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75. The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299.99. Despite today's date, this is not a joke. I published a video going over the state of the hobbyist 'high end SBC' market (4/8/16 GB models in the current generation), which I'll embed below: But if you'd like the tl;dr:
  • ChetManly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37 minutes

    at this rate, im not going to be able to run doom on my new coffee maker

  • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    42 minutes

    The thing that these complaints about RPi pricing always seems to miss is that most Pi models are still manufactured and supported. Most projects don’t need a Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM, even a Pi Zero 2 (under $20) is overkill for a lot of projects.

  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    3 hours

    It’s killing everything that relies on having a computer inside or in-use. Say goodbye to ‘smart’ products, expanding any kind of business, cars, etc. Everything relies on some kind of DRAM these days.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        35 minutes

        Nah. The vendors will kill their ecosystems earlier and all the established internet-of-trash will be e-waste quicker. We’re still using a portal-TV unit and loving it, for example, but so many other products brought out during the sudden rush will be killed while still on umbilical .

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3 hours

    lucky for me I have a pile of SBCs from uncompleted projects. and no, do not climb in my window looking for them

  • Lemmyng@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6 hours

    DRAM pricing is killing every single market. That’s what happens when we have a fully digitized, centralized market.

      • Tm12@lemmy.caEnglish
        5 hours

        Glad it doesn’t have a timing belt. I heard those get expensive around 100-120 klicks.