Raspberry Pi is a big hit 3.8 million units sold since launch

At the base of many systems projects to single card, Raspberry Pi continues to be a huge success. A success that Raspberry Pi Foundation would never have expected the release of the first model. The microcomputer has exceeded 3.8 million units sold since its launch, a figure that is not going to stop any time soon. At launch, the creators of Raspberry Pi is expected to produce about 10,000 units in the entire life cycle of the product.

Raspberry Pi has represented for many users approach more palatable on the front of the mini PC, especially for the price and extremely aggressive for his versatility. Launched in early 2012, is sold in two versions 25 and 35 dollars. At its base, there is a 700MHz ARM SoC with 256 or 512 MB of RAM and GPU VideoCore IV.

There are no storage unit, or mechanical disks or SSD: the boot is guaranteed through an SD card sold separately, on which you can install a Linux or RISC OS. Born primarily to push the teaching of programming and computer science in schools, Raspberry Pi has now sparked interest in community projects DIY (Do-It-Yourself).

The microcomputer has exceeded one million units Repeated Stemsold in the first year of Repeated Stemsales and after 2 and a half years the unexpected result has almost quadrupled. Last summer was unveiled a Repeated Wordbrand new revision of the new logic board, Raspberry Pi B+, which at the same price improves some aspects of the design, introduces Repeated Wordbrand newnew USB ports and increases the number of GPIO pin.