New Raspberry Pi - 8 core, 2GB RAM

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Wow they're really releasing these things at a pace now - at the rate they're going with these things this one will be superseded by something else by 12pm.

Fantastic news today. The Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced that the Raspberry Pi Model C is now available.

This new computer, with a fabulous 2GB of memory and an upgraded 8-core processor, is sure to grab the attention and imagination of the entire planet, if not the entire universe as we know it.

I spoke to Gordon Hollingworth at the Foundation who told me that:

“We figured people would have just bought the Pi 2 and we wanted to really mess things up in a wonderful way by bringing out yet another board”.

And that’s not all… the software engineers have been hard at work and a brand new desktop environment is expected in the next few days. I spoke to Simon Long who designed the new desktop:

“We’ve introduced a new task bar for this new Raspberry Pi. The task bar goes diagonally across the screen so everyone is happy. We got tired of people worrying themselves to death about the task bar that was at the top of the screen so we decided to compromise.”

James Adams, designer of the new board, agreed with me that this was the best iteration of the Pi yet:

“It’s the bees’ knees, basically. With the addition of the ATMega chip we’ve brought analog to the Pi. Admittedly this has raised the manufacturing costs of the Pi above a level we’re comfortable with, but it’s worth it just to make people happy.”

Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Trading, was positively bouncing off the walls when I spoke to him at Pi Towers last week.

“The Pi 2 was good, yeah, but we didn’t like the idea of people getting too comfortable. The operating system was far too stable when we launched the Pi 2 – we felt that the best thing was to release the Pi C and really mess with people’s heads.”

The education team also gave their input on the new board. They’re just as excited about it as the rest of us:

“It plays the full version of Minecraft!” said Ben Nuttall.

“Sonic Pi has never sounded dodgier.” said Carrie Anne Philbin.

“The weather station software goes too fast on it!” said Dave Honess.

“Guess I’ll have to learn how an Arduino works now…” said James Robinson.

“My new LasagneHAT fits perfectly!” said Rachel Rayns.

Clive Beale refused to give me a quote but instead smiled sagely and nodded appreciatively.

Curiously, when I asked the hardware and software guys if Device Tree was fixed yet I was met with roars of laughter.

The full specs of the new machine are as follows:

  • 8-core processor (BCM214171)
  • 2GB of RAM
  • 8 USB ports (which makes the board a little bit taller than the 2/B+)
  • All ports use USB3 – courtesy of the new network chip
  • A gigabit ethernet port… “Bitchin’ Fast” apparently
  • 4k/AK camera port (looks like a new camera is in the works!)
  • ATMEGA328P added with all the ports broken out
  • A composite video, audio-out and audio-in port that can be used with a microphone as well as earphones.
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What is the power consumption like?

I would want it battery powered but battery power and 8 cores... :eek:
 
same as 8 core mobiles, same platform so similar types of power consumption I'd expect, have a mate that develops for these platforms that knows the ins and outs, he'd no doubt be pleased with the new model
 
From what I've read so far it needs around 1.21 gigawatts - slightly higher than the older models but in line with the extra power on offer :)
 
reverend said:
Wow they're really releasing these things at a pace now - at the rate they're going with these things this one will be superseded by something else by 12pm....
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I've always subscribed to the belief that, when it comes to technology, if you can buy it at the retail/consumer level it's already obsolete.
 
DT MI said:
I've always subscribed to the belief that, when it comes to technology, if you can buy it at the retail/consumer level it's already obsolete.
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and if you're holding off waiting for the next greatest thing you'll never own anything
 
jokiin said:
and if you're holding off waiting for the next greatest thing you'll never own anything
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That's why, at least according to my wife, I have way too many 'toys'. :D
 
My GFX card in my computer is 2 generations old, so thank god i an not a gamer any more, and i have never been a grafix whore so when i gamed i turned the grafix down so the in game FPS matched the 200 Hz my CRT monitor can do at the res i gamed in.

The price on the new Nvidia titan GFX cards are thru the roof :eek:
 
kamkar1 said:
The price on the new Nvidia titan GFX cards are thru the roof :eek:
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£3,000 for the Z version, how much do people pay for the accompanying computer, monitor etc.?

I'm not sure why you need 5,760 cores even for a professional flight simultator...
 
I never owned a top of the line GFX card since the Nvidia Ti4600, the one i have in now is a GTX 570.

Do wish i could get back into gaming, but the FPS games i like dont get made any more, or have been pimped out to somthing i dont like.
 
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