Ongoing RAM Crisis Prompts Raspberry Pi's Second Price Hike in Two Months
Raspberry Pi is increasing prices by $10 to $60 for models with 2GB+ LPDDR4 RAM due to AI-driven memory shortages doubling component costs, CEO Eben Upton said.
- On 2026-02-03, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton announced the company will raise prices again, marking a second hike in two months.
- Ongoing AI-driven memory shortages have hit RAM kits and SSDs hardest, while Raspberry Pi said the cost of some parts more than doubled last quarter.
- Prices will rise by set amounts, with $10 for 2GB, $15 for 4GB, $30 for 8GB and $60 for 16GB RAM configurations; the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB costs $205, and the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB and Raspberry Pi 5 8GB are $125 and $135.
- After earlier December adjustments, the latest hikes add to prior $5 to $15 increases for most Pi 4 and Pi 5 models, and a $20 jump for the Compute Module 5 16GB.
- The tiered hikes take effect soon for Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 boards with 2GB or more LPDDR4 RAM, including Compute Module 4 and 5 and Raspberry Pi 500, while certain 1GB and older models remain exempt due to LPDDR2 inventory.
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Raspberry Pi prices soar amid AI memory shortage, 16GB models jump $60
Upton revisited the matter in recent correspondence. In some cases, he said, the cost of parts more than doubled over the last quarter. Left with no other option, Raspberry Pi is having to increase its own prices yet again – a move that will impact most of the company's product lines.Read Entire Article
Raspberry Pi is raising prices again as memory shortages continue
Devices featuring older LPDDR2 memory the company has stockpiled are not affected. | Image: Raspberry Pi Following an initial price increase announced two months ago, Raspberry Pi is raising prices again for several of its single-board computers. "The cost of some parts has more than doubled over the last quarter," Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said in an announcement today. "As a result, we now need to make further increases to our own pricing, …
Raspberry Pi products hit by price hikes for the third time since memory shortages began, up to $60 difference
Last Updated on February 3, 2026 Raspberry Pis are getting another round of price increases, marking the third time the company’s products have become more expensive since global memory shortages began. The company shared the update in a new blog post, pointing once again to rising memory costs as the main reason behind the changes ...
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