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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+."

3 of 355 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Still ARM11, still a crappy CPU by rubycodez · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not everyone is a click and point GUI weenie, why don't you just buy a windows phone to run your .crapNET Studio bloatware?

  2. Re:Still ARM11, still a crappy CPU by carlhaagen · · Score: 1, Troll

    Uff, how can you talk about ".crapNET" bloatware when your name indicates you are a Ruby fanboy? :D

    The problem with the Pi isn't whether you want to run X on it or not.

  3. Re:lol. Most Pi projects fit a 20Mhz, 1024 byte MC by thegarbz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ok I bit. I rebooted, fired up Word on a blank document and opened outlook.

    1.6GB in use and 1.8GB committed.

    No Windows 8, like Windows 7 is effectively unusable on 1GB of RAM.

    Oh hey look, prefetch finished. 2.2GB in use 2.8GB committed.