Raspberry Pi 5 unveiled

Today, we're delighted to announce the launch of Raspberry Pi 5, coming at the end of October. Priced at $60 for the 4GB variant, and $80 for its 8GB sibling (plus your local taxes), virtually every aspect of the platform has been upgraded, delivering a no-compromises user experience. Raspberry Pi 5 comes with new features, it's over twice as fast as its predecessor, and it's the first Raspberry Pi computer to feature silicon designed inhouse here in Cambridge, UK.

While I personally think there are more interesting alternatives to the Pi, there's no doubt the Pi is the most compatible and most popular of these small board computers, and a big upgrade like this is definitely welcome - assuming they can actually stock these at fair prices at the end of October, when the fifth iteration of the Pi actually launches.