The shortage is related to compounding over-ordering by hysterical companies that rely on specific, already known/usually available components. Its new but it will change the way we think of manfacturing. Someone will be in touch with you by email. Do you need these for a personal project, or is this for your business? Granted the ship date is constantly moving forward currently end of March. This is not temporary. Amazon.de sell Rasspberry Pi 4 B 4GB for staggering 159 . Here Fernando, from Zynthian project. Weve built up enough devices to conduct a field beta test and now to start a free field trial, but we will need 30 more Raspberry Pis to have enough deployable devices so we have enough paid subscribers to make the business viable. Where could we get them? We bought 5 RPI 4 2gb from local Micro center store $30 each around 2 years ago then did a lot of fun projects, and we did need more. Solution: Release a Pi Zero with new 28nm CPU :). Keep an eye on your inbox! Im waiting for either Raspberry Pi Zero 2, Pi 3B+ or Pi 4 for more than 1/2 years, all Raspberry Pi products are out of stock in Malaysia . All stocks are empty, amazon is empty, there are few auctions in ebay, but prices are really high there and they run out very fast. The shortage is going from bad to worse, spreading from cars to consumer electronics. More schools request for the use of Raspberry Pi this year but salers said maybe 52 weeks later. This is for a product that we manufacture in the UK, so some idea of delivery schedules would be helpful. etc. We use the CM3+ in one of our commercial products and despite having orders in place on your UK suppliers for over a year we are not getting any convincing information on delivery schedules. Ive passed this on to my colleagues, and someone will get in touch. But despite significantly increased demand, well only end up making around seven million units in 2021: pretty much exactly what we did in 2020. Happy to hear that there are Pies in production :D. How about fixing the firmware bug on the 3b+ and 3 wifi chip? "What's stopping us from flexing up is basically everything everything is on fire. Youre doing great work! Washington States red raspberry crop was reduced by about 12% compared to last year due to rain during the harvest season which sent more product to juice. In our own industry, semiconductors are in high demand, and in short supply: the upsurge of demand for electronic products for home working and entertainment during the pandemic has descended into panic buying, as companies try to secure the components that they need to build their products. I was merely raising with you that yes there are supply chain issues, yes I know all about chip shortages but as this thread attests you are doing all you can to help companies who are basing their products on the Pi but where is the help to ensure a supply availability for the hobbyists who want one or two units ? But we are still having problems getting any of the models. Some timeline ? [3] While experts predict we won't necessarily face the extent of shortages we've Thanks for your help/advice! Its not just silicon, although this problem is industry-wide: I dont know if youve tried to buy fence posts, concrete or any other building supplies; or red peppers in the USA; or a myriad of other products right now, but its kind of absurd to suggest that the global supply chain problem is our fault. Please. we can produce them, with the result that little of our production volume ends up being immediately available on reseller websites, he added. Im not sure what is happening, but for now there are no Can you get me in contact with the right person? Craig. i need 50 units of Pi3 B for a project and hv tried all your distributors none have stop. Remote workers, needing to set up entirely new home offices, required new hardware. I live in Columbus Ohio right near their flagship store and we typicallly need 1 or 2 rpi 4 with 4gb per week max and MC will get them and before they even make it to their site someone buys the whole lot.. likely a big industrial company. It may be worth checking your spam folder, or you could comment again with an alternative email address. Prior to working at PCMag, I was a foreign correspondent in Beijing for over five years, covering the tech scene in Asia. I bought my first pi in 2012 now I have 8 pis to help me run my smart home. raspberry pi 4 is sold out since december and delivery dates keep moving forward all the time but for sure not expected in the next weeks or months. Hello, we have developed a muscular therapy robot that must use PI Zero or Zero 2 for size requirements, can you please tell us where the best place to order qty 50 will be and when we might be able to source them? But in October 2021, Raspberry Pi, which makes computer models that cost between $70 a piece to 70 cents, was forced to raise its prices for the first time since its We are looking to buy urgently. The need date is by the end of May. Whats more, getting your hands on a specific Pi model from a specific retailer could mean having to wait for as long as a year, Upton added. The Commercial team will contact you shortly. Thanks for your comment, weve been in touch with you. Given the design of Pi 5 is probably already finished, with work happening on 6, and the chip shortage is going to last a year, we may not see a 5 at all! These suppliers are keep on changing the expected delivery date of boards. Liz, your glib comments do not sit nicely with your image of a foundation that aims to put real computer learning back in the schools and support hackspaces and hobbyists and yes I come with the background trumpeted by yourselves as the good old days of learning on single board computers soldered together with components, build your own zx80 / zx81 from scratch, Microtan 65, commodore Pets, Commodore 64 etc. 2021 12 29 2021 12 27 While no one except the Raspberry people know how many transistors there are on a particular pi, there are estimates of around 270 million. In the last year, we have been designing and prototyping our new flag-ship device, a really fine piece of hardware!! Makes me wonder if most of the people asking for the commercial team. are just scalpers. Could you please let us know where youre seeing those prices? Thank you! Ive passed on your email. Hi Mike Ive passed your message on, and someone should get back to you soon. The supply chain for boards in the USA has been abysmal for many months and now there appears to be no stock of the 3B(incl +) at any of the listed USA suppliers with no idea on when any stock will be available. Hope you can help! Someone should be in touch soon. Hello, This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Pico may be significant underpower in terms of software (full Linux OS vs bare metal apps) and sometimes CPU speed/RAM size too. 72. Ive passed it on so someone can have a word. For several years weve expected inexorable progress and I was wondering when wed have a 22nm processor! Hi, does Pi Zero 2 still cost $15? If we can lay hands on the 1GB 4Bs easily enough, its rather a win if you pause to think. Months on and theres absolutely no sign of this even beginning to end. I posted before and received no reply. Hi Richard. There is actually a shortage of Raspberry Pi 4s; at work I use the Raspberry Pi 4 for industrial projects, and now I seem to have nowhere to buy them from. Even though the Covid-19-induced chip shortage is to blame for most of these issues, its not the only problem - demand also spiked last year, Upton revealed. After telephone calls and emails with the distributor they have now informed us that the Pi 4s are on back order until November 2022. Likewise, long-term availability of our products, from stock, is a core part of our value proposition to industrial customers. We have just completed Beta testing on a Pi 4GB/8GB-based application with one of our clients but now cannot build and deliver. There is currently enough supply to meet the needs of those customers, he added. Thanks for your note, we have passed this to the Commercial team to try to help you. Thanks! I understand the struggles youre facing. Please help! Im sorry no one has contacted you yet; Ive reminded my colleagues that youre waiting to hear from us. Im happy Ive chosen the Pi 400 as my new PC. It's No Joke. Your subscription has been confirmed. Thanks for your inquiry. So 2021 may not be the year of empty shelves, but it'll be a year of less variety. Im posting this in case the Commercial team is able to get in touch for large orders. Yikes this is going to mean my business basically is truly at risk. So far we couldnt buy one single RPi 4 1GB for preparing the migration. I think what you may be seeing with some of the larger ARs is that theyve allocated very large numbers of units to individual large customers, so theyre not hitting their shelves for smaller customers (which were talking to them about; its not satisfactory). At the same time, demand for Raspberry Pi computers increased in 2021. What I do know, however, is that a little forward thinking, maybe a bit lateral too, a little extra effort, & the will to make it happen, can, indeed, make it happen. I dont currently see any stocks for the Model 4 (any version) either. Ah yes, unfortunately Alibaba is not an authorised reseller. We using the Raspberry Pi as AI teaching aid for middle and primary schools. We use the pi 4 primarily in our manufacturing environment and would like to buy as many as we can. Zero 2 W and kits with being restocked today (MY time 12.00 pm). In a post on the official Raspberry Pi blog, Upton cites production volumes of around half a million single-board computers (SBCs) and compute modules. Thanks a ton! Because for now them absolutely impossible to get and often hard to replace. Hi Jerry. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. And no, theyre not an authorized reseller. Hi Victor. In allocating our limited stocks of 40nm silicon, we will prioritise Compute Module 3, Compute Module 3+, and Raspberry Pi 3B, and deprioritise Raspberry Pi 3B+. Hello Reik. How are we supposed to differentiate between a Jason C LaFleur who wants to put them in a factory to automate a production line and a Jason C LaFleur who wants to wait until theres a shortage and use them as arbitrage? I suppose although it woulc require a building with a footprint of at least 900 sq. Thanks in Advance! The highly-in-demand Raspberry Pi 4 has been hit hard by component shortages. Best regards Also no pi4s. Hi Richard, None of the US Distributors had any information to share with us at the time, and still to this day. Also dropping a line here, we have orders for CM4s dating back from October, and November (Farnell). Thanks if you can help. Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Trading, revealed the news in a Monday blog post(Opens in a new window) covering the supply problems facing the products. 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We use the Pi 4 4GB or higher in our manufacturing components for agriculture products. Having searched everywhere in Europe and outside there are really no cm4 modules available, anywhere. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Raspberry-ARM-Cortex-A72-WLAN-ac-Bluetooth-Micro-HDMI-Single/dp/B07TC2BK1X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=raspberry+pi+4&qid=1642169389&sprefix=ras%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-2. Yes, theyre in production; were making around 1 million units of Pi 4 alone in the first quarter of this year. You do an awesome job and I cant wait to see what future miracles you guys perform. At Raspberry Pi, we are not immune to this. Theyre very busy at the moment, but someone will come to you as soon as they get a chance. When the pandemic kicked off, and people withdrew to their homes, retailers expected the demand for hardware to drop, and started ordering less. Thanks for your help. Out of your 8 UK retail suppliers, all completely out of stock, and only one prepared to give an ETA for stock (end of November). We also buy these unit in bulk and would like to speak to someone about setting things up to do just that. Were now expecting our supply chain challenges to continue through much of 2022. Hello Rui, :-(, Introducing our first ever customer purchasing decrease. I've been with PCMag since October 2017, covering a wide range of topics, including consumer electronics, cybersecurity, social media, networking, and gaming. That sort of demand will eventually drop like a rock. Guess what it uses Pi4s and maybe Zero 2 now and we need around 20 to continue. Hi Judd. We have been working for quite some time to integrate the RBPI into solution. A few months ago we went to micro center store again, we were told 2GB has been out of stock for one year, so had to buy 8gb one to build a mine craft server and 6 pieces of CM4. Although the Raspberry Pi Foundation has been producing 500,000 units each month, supplies still haven't been enough to meet demand. I agree about hoping to constrain thermal issues going forward, though that will be extremely difficult to do will still having ever improving performance. In turn, our many resellers have their own backlogs, which they fulfil when they receive stock from us. Just insane. Where we can find some stock to continue working? Their businesses are just as damaged as everyone elses. Just had WiFi fail on one of my 6 RPis and looked at Best Buy and Amazon, and if you can find one they are 2 to 3 times more expensive. I have several Rpis and use one as my daily computer. i hope you control the price the resellers in Malaysia are selling.Some of them (authorized dealers) are force selling them in bundle since they know stock is limited and some students and engineering people need it for implementation of projects. Strange comment, asking for more at a time of shortage when less is available . We are small business trying to get through like many. Can someone please reach out to me? We have a whole commercial team working every day of the week on negotiating supply, and were able to keep things going, but the ex-stock position that we were able to rely on being in pre-Covid is a luxury these days. 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Sorry to hear about the need, but no especially surprising. Ill pay five dollars a gallon for gas, but I will not stand for a Thanksgiving table minus @OceanSprayInc jellied Hi Stefano. This suggests that there are more Hopefully next year things will get better and raspberry devices can be found again at affordable prices. Our guidance to industrial and embedded users of Raspberry Pi 3B+ who wish to optimise availability in 2022 is to begin migrating your designs to the 1GB variant of Raspberry Pi 4. Raspberry Pi-s available, even with 150$. Raspberry pi forever! Raspberry Pi never announce new product like that in advance. go through authorized dealers. We are looking to buy urgently. Ive asked someone to drop you a line. Dirk Van den Branden, CEO, iQunet. How can I get 500 units in this month of April? Can we have some info regarding bulk orders? Im not getting in a queue that long. Or is it Omikron? Please help. I had exactly this same problem with RS Components who stated stock had been allocated against my order for dispatch middle of March and then marked the order as having been delivered whilst shifting it onto back order till November 2022 at the earliest. Im quite sure that more of Raspberry Pi boards are overpriced at this authorized reseller, eg: https://botland.com.pl/moduly-i-zestawy-raspberry-pi-4b/16579-raspberry-pi-4-model-b-wifi-dualband-bluetooth-8gb-ram-15ghz-765756931199.html, 549zl incl VAT which converts to around $138. Thanks for the upfront info. The raspi foundation was always a player to count on, when it came to communication and awareness (this post here proofs that) and I want to encourage you to stick to this course and be as open as possible on the matter! On the other hand, the will to make it happen can also just end in catastrophic failure It really is hard to say either way but Id give it a solid 50:50 chance theres a spectacular success taking form in the background & headed for delivery on a shorter-term than you might think! Weve been unable to source any for production from your official distributors. Ill kick it up the tree; if this was one of our ARs we may be able to do something. We are producing one product using raspberry Pi 3B+. WebThe global automotive industry was expected to lose US$210 billion in revenue in 2021 due to the global chip shortage. Frankly, I think its amazing that you have held the price for all these years. Please recover fast as alot of my projects are lined up and I need pi zeros for it. My sadness is that fewer young enthusiasts might get the Pi bug as its definitely the natural successor to Sinclair and the BBC micro. 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