Don’t expect Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023
Raspberry Pi CEO, Eben Upton, has confirmed that users shouldn’t expect a new entry in the company’s flagship series for at least another year.
Leave a comment in a interview (opens in a new tab) with Christopher Barnatt, aka ExplainingComputers (via Registration (opens in a new tab)), Upton expanded by saying that 2023 is very much a “recovery year” following the effects the Covid-19 pandemic has had on global manufacturing and supply chains.
He seems to have put a damper on his hopes of a new product launch next year though all but confirmed in November that a new product in the “line of hundreds” of all-in-one computers, starting with the Raspberry Pi 400, may also be in the works.
Raspberry Pi shortage
Earlier, Upton seemed to suggest that the RP2040, the first Raspberry Pi processor to be made in-house, is on track to alleviate component shortages. For now, however, we should temper our expectations and let the company work before it can get back to work (again).
Upton believes it is technically possible to design, manufacture and ship the new Pi by 2023, but doesn’t believe it should attempt to get there in case of further trouble.
“You know what would really be a disaster? If we try to recommend some kind of Raspberry Pi 5 product and can’t [production] right for being bound.”
Although he didn’t go into too many technical details, he did note that “some [the supply chain issues] is about packaging, some is about testability, some is about the substrate.”
In November, Upton announced that Pi shortages are expected to decrease “within a year,” and it is now clear that this is not just a conservative estimate. In this latest interview, he stated that it may not be until the second half of 2023 before the supply chain can resume production as usual.