Eben Upton, CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, posted on Topics After revealing the interest of new members to buy the Raspberry Pi 5, the company is now ready to sell the new Raspberry Pi 5 model with 2GB of RAM as an option. With a cheaper price than the previous model in the same series at $50 (1,722 baht), it was confirmed that the functionality remains exactly the same as the previous model. But the RAM size has been reduced, so it does not support tasks that require a lot of RAM, such as running AI applications. Or a full-fledged media center
October 23, 2023 Raspberry Pi launches a single-board microcomputer in the Pi 5 series, available in just two models: a 4GB RAM model priced at $60 (2,066 baht) and an 8GB RAM model priced at 80 coins (2,755 baht). It is 5 coins more expensive than the Pi 4 with the same amount of RAM (172 baht), but the Pi 4 will have two lower-end models: a 1GB RAM model priced at 35 coins (1,206 baht) and a 2GB RAM model priced at 45 coins (1,550 baht).
For people who are interested in using the Raspberry Pi 5 for tasks that do not require a lot of resources. Especially educational institutions that want to buy it and use it for students to practice programming. When purchasing multiple models with 8GB or 4GB of RAM, it will take a lot of budget. Therefore, launching the 2GB RAM option will reduce costs and make the purchase easier.
The higher-performance Raspberry Pi 5 series, the 4GB and 8GB models, are built around two core chips: the internal RP1 I/O controller. It has a quad-core 16nm 2.4GHz Arm Cortex-A76 processor from Broadcom and a cheaper version of 2GB of RAM. Cost-effective processors have been created. By cutting out unnecessary functions. This results in a cheaper chip with the same features. Both multimedia and PCI Express bus support
For those who want to use a small single-board computer, Raspberry Pi 5, 2GB RAM, which is the cheapest in the series. You can follow and view the products on the distributor's website. Which is in Thailand en.cytron.io Now there are products ready for sale.