New Version of Raspberry Pi 4 with 8 GB RAM Introduced

Raspberry Pi is one of the favorite devices of hardware developers and the latest member of the series. Raspberry Pi 4, It can be purchased in different versions offered to developers. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has now announced a new 8 GB RAM version of the Raspberry Pi 4, alongside its 2GB and 4GB RAM versions.

Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAMAs always, the new model was introduced as a mini computer that is even smaller than smartphones. The device also has an ARM-based CPU, many ports, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections. Moreover, you will now be able to run applications that require more RAM.

Raspberry Pi 4 is as we know it, except for the RAM upgrade

In the new version of Raspberry Pi 4, only to provide the additional power required by the increased memory capacity. power supply components have been changed. The switch-mode power supply located next to the USB 2.0 sockets on the board has been removed and a new power supply has been placed next to the USB-C power connection. Developers say that this change lasted for about 3 months due to the supply shortage due to coronavirus.

The new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 has exactly the same specs as the other models, except for an 8GB LPDDR4 RAM upgrade. On the software side, Raspbian is the operating system designed for the Raspberry Pi. 64 bit Work on the version has begun. The current Raspbian still uses a 32-bit kernel and needs to switch to 64-bit to take advantage of 8 GB of RAM. The developers say that this problem can be overcome for now by installing Ubuntu or Gentoo.

Finally, the name of the Raspbian operating system, which was derived from the combination of Raspberry and Debian, is now Raspberry Pi OS It was stated that it was changed to . The 8 GB RAM version of Raspberry Pi 4 is on sale for $75. For comparison, the 2 GB RAM model of the mini computer is sold for 35 dollars, and the 4 GB RAM model is sold for 55 dollars.