The Raspberry Pi Foundation announces a 4th version of the titular micro-PC-- the Raspberry Pi 4, an upgrade promising "PC-like levels of performance," at least for "most users."
The Raspberry Pi 4 carries a 1.5GHz quad-core Broadcom processor (up from 1.4GHz in the previous model), a 500MHz VideoCore VI GPU (up from 400MHz) and up to 4GB LPDDR4 RAM. The result, the makers claim, is a tiny machine able to handle 4K 60fps video through the support for HEVC video, as well as dual-monitor support via dual micro-HDMI ports.
Connectivity also gets a boost, with Bluetooth 5.0 support, two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, 802.11ac wifi and gigabit ethernet. Storage comes through microSD card, while a 40-pin GPIO connector allows support for three more interfaces, namely I2C, SPI and UART.
The Raspberry Pi 4 is available now with 1, 2 or 4GB of RAM.
