Sorry, Raspberry Pi fans, the RAM price debacle has now come to roost for the beloved brand that makes miniature computers. As is always the case with supply chain constraints , major global economic disruptions will inevitably hurt the smallest companies first. And, yet again, you can thank the ballooning demands of AI for the price hikes.

The company, which makes low-cost single-board computers used in a variety of computer builds and hacks, is bumping up the cost of its Raspberry Pi 4 and 5. Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton says that the move is to offset “the recent unprecedented rise in the cost of LPDDR4 memory.” How much more each model costs depends on the size of each computer’s RAM. A 4GB Raspberry Pi 4 will cost $60, $5 more than before. An 8GB model will go up by $10, from $7

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