Since the outbreak of the global epidemic, the production capacity of Raspberry Pi boards has been completely unable to keep up, and retail investors have been in a state of being hard to find a board. A second-hand Raspberry Pi 4 can be sold for more than 800 yuan.

Recently, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton (Eben Upton) announced good news: Raspberry Pi supply chain problems began to ease, and production capacity gradually increased. They have some “extra stock” available for hobbyists and other individual customers around the holidays around Christmas, this good batch comes in 10 W+ models Zero W, 3A+ and 2/4 G RAM Pi 4.

There is also good news: the tight supply of Raspberry Pi is improving, and the number of supplied boards may return to the level before the outbreak of the epidemic in the second quarter of 2023. Wait until the second half of 2023, that is, the quantity is enough to buy casually. According to Eben Upton’s forecast, the production capacity of Zero and Zero W can satisfy casual purchase first, then products without a wide industrial customer base such as Pi 3A+; and finally various versions of Pi 4.

Of course, the good news “enough production capacity” is next year, and there is also a bad news “price increase starts now”: With the increase in raw material prices, the price of Raspberry Pi Zero will be raised from $5 to $10, while The price of the Raspberry Pi Zero W is raised from $10 to $15.

More details about the Raspberry Pi supply chain can be found on the RaspberryPi blog.