Component shortages drive Raspberry Pi prices up by up to 23%
- ID
- 31085
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 02 Oct 2026, 7:00 PM
- Fetched
- 02 Oct 2026, 7:33 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/component-shortages-drive-raspberry-pi-prices-up-by-up-to-23-percent-escalating-lpddr4-lpddr5-costs-trigger-the-third-price-hike-of-the-year
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 4.5
- Created
- 02 Oct 2026, 7:34 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learners
What happened
Tom's Hardware reports Raspberry Pi prices are rising by up to 23%, the third price hike of the year, attributed to escalating LPDDR4 and LPDDR5 memory costs and broader component shortages. The published excerpt contains almost no product-level detail — no per-model pricing, no effective date, and no confirmation of which SKUs are affected beyond the headline figure.
Why it matters
If you are speccing Pi-based edge nodes, kiosks, sensor gateways, or classroom kits, re-run your bill of materials against a worst-case 23% uplift rather than your old quote, and decide now whether to buy ahead of the next increase. Because the article gives no per-model breakdown, do not assume the 23% applies to the SKU you actually order — check pricing at your supplier before committing to a fixed-price build.
Discussion angle
A third hike in one year suggests memory cost pressure is not a blip — is it still worth standardising on Raspberry Pi for edge projects, or does a 23% ceiling push teams toward used x86 mini PCs or alternative SBCs?