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New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

First time accepted submitter MicroHex writes Coming in at the same $35 price-point that has come to be expected from the Raspberry Pi, it looks like the new Model 2 will be packing a quad-core ARM processor with a GB of RAM. From the article: "The Raspberry Pi Foundation is likely to provoke a global geekgasm today with the surprise release of the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B: a turbocharged version of the B+ boasting a new Broadcom BCM2836 900MHz quad-core system-on-chip with 1GB of RAM – all of which will drive performance "at least 6x" that of the B+."

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  1. Editing by MicroHex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Man, you guys sure do edit harshly =p I don't see a word I wrote in there.

  2. Re:Still ARM11, still a crappy CPU by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, but can you get proper English language documentation for them? An AllWinner CPU is a good performer but the datasheet is only available in Chinese. The reason it's so cheap is that they didn't spend any money getting it translated or providing support overseas.

    Also, Broadcom parts have a longer production life than the really low cost ones. They will be able to buy the same or fully compatible parts in five years time and keep making the same Raspberry Pi boards, providing a fixed hardware platform for people to work with. The low cost parts tend to get replaced fairly quickly. The people making those cheap phones will first look for some cheap SoCs and LCDs, then build the phone around them and make 100,000, and that's it. Parts are now obsolete and no longer manufactured, and the whole process repeats.

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  3. Windows10 support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Did anyone notice this: http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support
    Apperantly at zero cost... Might get interesting...