Those were the Crays
Published in PC Hardware
02 January 2024

Those were the Crays


Supercomputer out matched by a Raspberry Pi

The UK government’s supercomputers in the 1970s would now be outclassed by a Raspberry Pi according to one of the testors of both.

Vodafone puts Raspberry into 5G network
Published in Network


Raspberry Pi 4 PC with 5G onboard

Vodafone has revealed a prototype for a portable 5G network based around a cheap and cheerful Raspberry Pi 4 PC combined with a small 5G software-defined radio (SDR) from a company called Lime Microsystems.

Raspberry Pi 4 adds Vulkan support
Published in Graphics


It is only logical

The Raspberry Pi 4 has added support for a more modern Vulkan 3D API, giving the DIY cards a much-needed graphics lift.

Raspberry Pi OS abandons default user account
Published in News


Blew a raspberry at security and regulations for years  

Raspberry Pi OS (and most operating systems based on it will no longer ship with a default "pi" user account.

Raspberry Pi to get machine learning boost
Published in News


Ultra low power machine learning applications

The Raspberry Pi is about to see an improvement in its machine learning abilities.

Raspberry Pi is calling up Microsoft
Published in News


Users up in arms over Volish influence

Raspberry Pi users are upset that the PiOS has started calling up calling up Microsoft all of a sudden.

Raspberry Pi gets a fan
Published in PC Hardware
01 December 2020

Raspberry Pi gets a fan


Fan and heatsink for $5

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a  $5 fan combined with a small heatsink for the Raspberry Pi 4. 

Nvidia engineer comes up with Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi
Published in Graphics


Beating the Raspberry Pi Foundation

An Nvidia engineer has come up with an open-sourced Vulkan graphics driver for the Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi has 8GB of RAM
Published in PC Hardware


Moving to 64-bit

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has doubled the maximum amount of RAM available in the Raspberry Pi 4 to 8GB with a new device it's selling for $75.

Raspberry Pi sales soaring
Published in News


Lock-in side effect

Sales of Raspberry Pi's single-board computers hit 640,000 in March, the second biggest month for sales since they started selling as consumers flocked to inexpensive ways to work and learn from home.