Dec 13, 2022 11:00:00

When the Raspberry Pi inventory recovers to before the new corona in 2023, the Raspberry Pi Foundation shows signs of resolving the shortage of semiconductors

by

Les Pounder

Raspberry Pi Foundation Founder Eben Upton Says Raspberry Pi Supply Is Improving, Expecting Stocks to Return to Pre-Covid-19 Pandemic Levels by the End of Q3 2023 Announced.

Supply chain update - it's good news! - Raspberry Pi
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/supply-chain-update-its-good-news/

Here's When Raspberry Pis Will Be Back In Stock – Review Geek
https://www.reviewgeek.com/139144/heres-when-raspberry-pis-will-be-back-in-stock/

Due to the global shortage of semiconductors triggered by the pandemic, Raspberry Pi is in short supply, and it will be difficult to obtain it even in October 2022, when the pandemic is beginning to settle down, except in some areas. It has been pointed out that

Is it due to production restrictions due to global shortage of parts to the situation where Raspberry Pi is difficult to obtain - GIGAZINE

Meanwhile, Mr. Upton, CEO of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, updated his official blog on December 12th, and announced that the 2GB and 4GB Raspberry Pi Zero W, Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+, and Raspberry Pi 4 will be available for the 2022 holiday season. We reported that we were able to secure over 100,000 models in total.

According to Upton, although the semiconductor crisis is still far from over, the situation is improving, with semiconductor supply chains returning to pre-pandemic levels by the second quarter of 2023 and nearly unlimited in the second half of the year. It is expected that As chip supplies recover, the Raspberry Pi will also be 'available in the hundreds of thousands at any time' by the end of the third quarter of 2023, Upton said.

But it's not all good news. The impact of the supply chain crisis is on the rise in the cost of almost all the parts that make up the Raspberry Pi, and the 2GB model of the Raspberry Pi 4 has been raised from $ 35 (about 4800 yen) to $ 45 (about 6100 yen). In addition, each variation of Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 will also be raised by $ 5 (about 680 yen). Also, Raspberry Pi Zero will be raised from $ 5 to $ 10 (about 1300 yen), and Raspberry Pi Zero W will be raised from $ 10 to $ 15 (about 2000 yen).

by Adafruit Industries

The 100,000 Raspberry Pis secured by the Raspberry Pi Foundation this time have already been reflected in rpilocator , a site that tracks the inventory and prices of Raspberry Pi products, and the review site The Review Geek is for those who have purchased Raspberry Pi. We recommend checking the price movement with rpilocator.