The production of raspberry pie 5 is progressing smoothly, and the shipment officially starts today.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com October 23, 4 years after the launch of the raspberry pie 4 single board computer, the raspberry pie 5 (Raspberry Pi 5) was officially released on September 28, the latest version mainly improved performance, added support for PCIe 2.0, starting at $60 (currently about 439 yuan).

▲ Raspberry Pie 5, according to the official website of Tuyuan Foundation, Eben Upton released an article today, revealing that the production progress of Raspberry Pie 5 is better than originally expected and has now begun to ship to customers.

Eben Upton claims that people have been working hard at the UK Technical Centre in Saut, Wales to speed up the manufacturing and production testing process, and that users who pre-order raspberry pie 5 as subscribers to "The MagPi" and "HackSpace" magazines will receive orders by October 30.

▲ Tuyuan Foundation website CTOnews.com also found that Eben Upton claims that all pre-order orders for raspberry pie 5 will start shipping by the end of next week, and every approved raspberry pie dealer will see inventory of 4GB and 8GB versions this week.

Officials also say the pace of production will continue to accelerate, and users are expected to easily buy raspberry pie 5 from any approved dealer by the end of 2023.

Related reading: raspberry pie 5 release: 64-bit quad-core processor, home-made Nanqiao, support for PCIe 2.0, starting at $60.

"Raspberry pie 5 uses a self-developed South Bridge chip RP1: the whole project took more than seven years and cost about 25 million US dollars."