Anybody purchasing for a Raspberry Pi this Christmas could possibly be in luck after the corporate revealed a significant inflow of gadgets.

Saying the information in a weblog put up entitled “Provide chain replace – it’s excellent news!” (opens in new tab), Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton stated 100,000 models had been secured for single-unit gross sales (one unit per buyer) and that the Raspberry Pi Zero can be out there for bulk buy in 2023.

Upton added that following earlier worries about provide, Raspberry Pi additionally expects to have returned to pre-pandemic ranges by the second half of 2023, with single-unit gross sales set to play an enormous position in serving to the corporate return to its “equilibrium stocking degree”.

Raspberry Pi provide

“For the primary time in a few years of semiconductor provide chain hell, we’ve obtained some excellent news for you,” Upton wrote.

“As a thank-you to our military of very affected person fanatic prospects within the run-up to the vacation season this yr, we’ve been in a position to put aside a bit over 100 thousand models, break up throughout Zero W, 3A+ and the 2GB and 4GB variants of Raspberry Pi 4, for single-unit gross sales.”

Nevertheless the information is not all constructive, as each the Raspberry Pi Zero and Zero W will see a $5 worth enhance.

Upton famous that given the sheer minimalism of the Zero, it had at all times provided very low margins, and would “not be commercially viable at their unique worth factors” given the current price will increase.

Nevertheless he added that when the inventory points had been addressed, “we not anticipate to see the single-unit limitations which have been a characteristic of Zero since its launch in 2015 – you’ll have the ability to purchase as many as you need at a time.”

“Whereas we’re not fairly out of the woods but, issues are actually bettering,” Upton added, reminding prospects that they need to at all times purchase from an Accepted Reseller to make sure they get the best worth.

“For a wide range of causes, we depart 2022 with a lot better visibility of our future silicon provide chain than we entered with. Because of this, we will say with confidence that, after a lean first quarter, we anticipate provide to get well to pre-pandemic ranges within the second quarter of 2023, and to be limitless within the second half of the yr.”

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