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:
  • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
    2 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.

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 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
    5 hours

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

      • Tm12@lemmy.caEnglish
        4 hours

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