Thanks for these insights and keep up the good work! The Commercial team will contact you shortly. Our current productions are around 1000 annually and orders increasing to double those numbers next year. The foundation was created with a purpose and that purpose is being invalidated by the supply issues in respect of actually getting hold of even an individual Pi 4 . Hi, "What's happened this year," he said, "is the industrial side of the business has grown. Werent we IDIOTS to set up a charitable foundation ten years ago without taking into account the fact that thered be a two-year global pandemic and a ground war in Europe not to mention those factory fires which have affected the silicon supply chain! At the beginning/premiere of Pi Zero 2, prices in these shops were at 80zl (20$). Im in contact with a local distributor but they have a wait time of 52 weeks for that model, for the 2GB model they dont even have a date. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Hello Lukasz, Shipping from Pi Hut's We are using the Raspberry Pi 4 as an integral part of our commercial product and despite best efforts to get ahead of supply chain issues, the lack of availability is now catching up to us. Were just working on an update to this blog post (the update is: theres not been much movement, but well have a way for people who need Pis for their business to get in touch); Ill be directing people to that when its up, but for now, please keep an eye on your inbox. We also have some CM3, which may be available to you. Thanks for your help. I have several Rpis and use one as my daily computer. We appreciate the update and transparency. I dont expect to see such a beast any time in the foreseeable future, in part because who would order such a chip so the price would be low enough to fit the Pi0 budget? https://www.pcmag.com/news/shortages-prompt-raspberry-pi-to-prioritize-commercial-customers, How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad, How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill, How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files, How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac, Raspberry Pi Suffers First Ever Price Increase, Shortage No More? Is there a commercial or volume purchase department we could referred to for help , please? As you will have noticed, it can be hard to buy a Raspberry Pi unit from stock at the moment, he wrote. Were committed to supporting all of you who have chosen to build your products around our platform. If they really are ARs well speak to them about it. we can produce them, with the result that little of our production volume ends up being immediately available on reseller websites, he added. Do you encounter many counterfeit boards? The arrival of COVID just sped up that timeline. Where could we get them? any sort of lead time would be greatly appreciated. Im looking forward to the 5th iteration to see what amazing rabbits you can pull out of your hat. Why dont you offer direct purchasing? Ill pay five dollars a gallon for gas, but I will not stand for a Thanksgiving table minus @OceanSprayInc jellied Months on and theres absolutely no sign of this even beginning to end. 2) How do you propose we, or ARs, police this? Can you have someone from your commercial team reach out to us about ordering directly? Hello Rui, We have emailed you directly. We have also heavily invested into a cm3 carrier board. First I wanted to blame the BREXIT, but it seems to be related to the chip crisis? And as long as we can still fairly easily lay hands on the 4GB and 8GB configurations of 4B and CM4 units, this is still more than acceptible. The quantities we got so far does not cover our need of about 600 pieces per month. Any ideas when the Pi5 will be available in the UK? Hello Liz Upton, In the last year, we have been designing and prototyping our new flag-ship device, a really fine piece of hardware!! And no, theyre not an authorized reseller. Some timeline ? Im sorry no one has contacted you yet; Ive reminded my colleagues that youre waiting to hear from us. Users of Compute Modules will of course have made investments in carrier board designs and inventory. One of my colleagues emailed you last Wednesday (16 March), and they havent received any bounce message; I have checked that the address they used was the one you gave when you commented. Hello Liz, More schools request for the use of Raspberry Pi this year but salers said maybe 52 weeks later. Its disappointing, but understandable. Youre all doing fantastic work. Ive been in account with RS components and Farnell for decades. Please. Because for now them absolutely impossible to get and often hard to replace. Thanks for letting us know. Hi, Thank you for this report. Can you please help us. As many others , RPI 4 is also an integral part of our commercial business. Hi Liz, Kamami Shop I think that needs to wait till availability of next process node to bring the power and thermal requirements down (I think the Pi4 is already a step too far in this respect, and Id love to see the design goals for future model to keep the power and thermal needs down lower than the Pi4). Keep up the good work! Apparently theres a shortage of jellied cranberry sauce. We are not able to get any Pis. As global supply chain issues moderate, well keep revisiting this issue, and we want to get pricing back to where it was as fast as we can. Theyre very busy at the moment, but someone will come to you as soon as they get a chance. I ran a computer club in Biggin Hill where we used all the above, I support what you are doing. Mate, they arent being. Eben, can you please then extend planned avialability for Zeros of all sort a couple years longer? Alex, Thanks for your comment. Were now expecting our supply chain challenges to continue through much of 2022. Its manufacturing in the 21st century with gigafactories. Im still chasing some units of rasp 3B or 3B+ for professional use we need around 1k units in order to secure our business we have some open orders but no visibility on it so far. Im not sure what is happening, but for now there are no Thanks for your help/advice! there is no room for flexibility. We need a few hundred but at this stage any amound will mean a lot. How can I get 500 units in this month of April? Someone should be in touch soon. Our Commercial team will be in touch shortly. No need to worry about keeping cool. We needpis urgently. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. LIke everyone im waiting patiently for new products. 2021 12 29 2021 12 27 I mean, are the factories actually producing the RPi4 (or 400) or not at all? Our end customer is NJ Froment & Co (which is owned by ASCO Power Technologies/Schneider Electric), its used in their control interface for their power supply load banks. That sort of demand will eventually drop like a rock. Please look into this as you are morally or ethically obliged to do so. Were deploying hundreds of Pi on campus to run Audio Visual on campus. Price is important, but not as important as availability. Its new but it will change the way we think of manfacturing. Thank you! Hi Reik. But despite significantly increased demand, well only end up making around seven million units in 2021: pretty much exactly what we did in 2020. Mouser is providing an estimated ship date for a Raspberry Pi 4B model with 4GB RAM of January 25, 2023. Just speculating, but thats my take on it! We use the Pi 3 B+ in manufacturing components for a recreational products. I.Q.F The current shortage of Raspberry Pi can be attributed to various factors, including the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, increased demand for home Please check our github issue tracker to see if it has already been reported, and if not, please add an issue, along with data on how to make it go wrong. Raspberry Pi 3B has a single-band radio, without a shield can; many industrial users will have made significant investments in compliance testing. A considerable amount of investment in design and expenditure in the control unit box where the PI is used has taken place. Why are all my legitimate questions being removed/censored from this comment section? Is there any sort of eta on when the raspberry pi 3 b will be manufactured and shipped to suppliers in the UK? Many thanks! Having said that, I notice that Right now, Zero is barely available and if I find one unit, then the price iswell, Im getting richer and richer every day with my set of PIs used for development. Nowhere avaiable in Poland, everyone says for now that maybe after summer holidays, or in 2023 We cannot wait so long. On a 12nm node. The shortage is related to compounding over-ordering by hysterical companies that rely on specific, already known/usually available components. But we are still having problems getting any of the models. But instead of the demand falling, it actually rose. It should be obvious to anyone with eyes that Raspberry Pi are not the ones causing this supply problem. WebPrice checker CamelCamelCamel's data backs up Flpke's findings: The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 2GB, which had a $35 RRP before being raised to $45, hit a third-party reseller Unfortunately you posted very late at night/early in the morning UK-time, when everybody who moderates this is, you know, sleeping. Hi Thomas, Thank you. Hello Reik. Just wanted to give you a heads up that there are severe component shortages happening globally now; this certainly is affecting all SBC manufacturers such as PINE64, ODROID, and also Raspberry Pi. In his career, spanning more than a decade, hes written for numerous media outlets, including Al Jazeera Balkans. My startup company has been developing a SaaS the past 15 months that requires us to deploy a custom camera device we designed the heart of which is a Raspberry Pi 4 w/4GB. Why arent you holding your authorized resellers responsible for essentially getting hacked and getting their stock stolen by criminals? Remember, Im a long term supporter, I have 4 Pis, various models, dont shoot the messenger. Well done for clear comms on what is an unpalatable but wise set of decisions. Raspberries, blackberries, blueberries Contrary to the strawberries, raspberries are in short supply at the moment, so good prices are being made this year so far. Why are you allowing your authorized resellers to sell all their stock to fake third-party buyers and scalpers who turn around and sell them at a 1000% markup plus shipping? 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. Thanks for your query. Hi Liz! Hmmm not a fan of a 400 volt grid circuit on my Raspberry Pi. My sadness is that fewer young enthusiasts might get the Pi bug as its definitely the natural successor to Sinclair and the BBC micro. Prior to working at PCMag, I was a foreign correspondent in Beijing for over five years, covering the tech scene in Asia. However, a similar blog post written in October 2021 quoted production volume of seven million units in 2021, which remained unchanged from the output achieved in 2020. Do you have any updates on when you might expect more CM3 stock to arrive? havnt used one for 3 years now. Im afraid we have as much overall global supply chain visibility as you do, so any schedule we were to attempt to build for the year right now, in January, wouldnt be at all accurate. Here Fernando, from Zynthian project. Ah yes, unfortunately Alibaba is not an authorised reseller. Andy is my friend, we discuss quadcopter and Not gonna happen. Hi Norayr, Our current productions are around 200 annually and orders increasing to double those numbers. Yes, Ive passed this on, and someone will be in touch with you. But this set of temporary changes is the best way we can see to support all our customers through these strange times. Hello, we have a project thats being held up by these delays. But still available. Hello Goran. Bernhard. I wondered when the semiconductor industry shortages would effect the Raspberry Pi. They maybe will have inventory in 2023. [3] In turn, our many resellers have their own backlogs, which they fulfil when they receive stock from us. Why not bring out some good news like releasing the Pi 5?? We are small business trying to get through like many. After telephone calls and emails with the distributor they have now informed us that the Pi 4s are on back order until November 2022. We are about to launch a new product thats been in the works for about a year, and we are going to need about 1000 Raspberry Pi Zero W per year (ordered in batches of 250 minimum). Youre making large quantities of the Pi in the Sony factory a few miles from me in Wales arent you, yet our chances of getting your devices in the next 12 18 months are bleak. I have requirement for 30 but will take any! Thank you for the hard work you guys are doing. 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. Glydeck. As many others have commented, the raspberry pi is an integral part of our commercial business. thank you Eben for keep us upto date. So far we couldnt buy one single RPi 4 1GB for preparing the migration. i urgently need 300 Pcs of Raspberry Pi 4 model B- 2GB. Thanks for your note, we have passed this to the Commercial team to try to help you. Ive passed this on to the people who handle commercial sales, and someone will be in touch with you. We cant relay on country. I appreciated you transparent information politics go ahead :-D Yes, you are right. Good that youre willing to be open about whats going on and communicate (clearly) both action and intent. 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. Ive passed your details and your enquiry on to my colleagues, and someone will be in touch as soon as they get a chance. Can someone please reach out to me? Can somebody help me please? Kindly let us know a firm time this model will start supply customers. Hi RBPi Team! For now, good luck and best wishes for the Pi team in navigating the road ahead. It would be really helpful to get direct information from your commercial team so we can plan accordingly. WebIt's like almost everything else during the COVID pandemic: Shortage of labor, trucks, and truck drivers, have resulted in high demand and low supply. When the Rpi 4 came out we took courage to base our main product on the RPI and now unfortunately we cant provide enough parts for the already confirmed projects. Could you kindly help us? Unfortunately, cost increases caused by the current shortage mean that this product is not currently economically viable at this reduced price point. Hi Baden, Supermarkets face a devastating fruit and veg shortage while crops rot in fields this summer because of government delays in allowing foreign pickers into Britain. Is there someone we can speak to regarding bulk orders, or supply chain availability for commercial purposes? At the same time, demand for Raspberry Pi computers increased in 2021. We were looking forward to eating sticky handfuls of black raspberries this summer but it turns out the fruit is facing a shortage. Thanks for your comment. 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. While experts predict we won't necessarily face the extent of shortages we've These bots circumvent the purchasing limits set by your authorized resellers on their websites, thus allowing these 3rd party resellers to hoard stock, creating an artificial shortage, and allowing them to get away with charging a 1000% markup. Whilst I am glad the commercial team are helping out people wanting bulk orders, it would be nice to know when the ARs are going to get stock. We can help you help you navigate the scarce supplies, price gouging, and Hi Richard, etc. I know, right! Link:https://botland.com.pl/moduly-i-zestawy-raspberry-pi-zero/20347-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-512mb-ram-wifi-bt-42.html. Hi Liz and team. Which is your local store? We need 80 pi either 3B, 3B+ or 1GB 4 any idea when any of these will be coming available and which model is likely to be the first that appears? i dont mind from which manufacturer or brand, just as similar as possible and not having to wait until 2023 would be great. I posted before and received no reply. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-2/, 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, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8MMD3V?ref_=pe_623860_70668670_dpLink, https://kamami.pl/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/587851-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-z-512mb-ram-4x1ghz-wifi-bluetooth.html, https://botland.com.pl/moduly-i-zestawy-raspberry-pi-zero/20347-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-512mb-ram-wifi-bt-42.html, https://botland.com.pl/moduly-i-zestawy-raspberry-pi-4b/16579-raspberry-pi-4-model-b-wifi-dualband-bluetooth-8gb-ram-15ghz-765756931199.html, https://github.com/metachris/RPIO/tree/v2, https://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/Operators/article/hutchison-ports-three-uk-announce-largest-uk-port-5g. Why is there a shortage of gas in 2021? I understand you cannot antecipate the supply chain, but do you have any info on production? Where should I look out for restock. Do you have any updates on when you might expect more CM3 stock to arrive? Sign up for What's New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning. You do an awesome job and I cant wait to see what future miracles you guys perform. Besides some of the Pi4B kits also will be available. Hi, does Pi Zero 2 still cost $15? Those sellers on Alibaba raise their price daily on us and its unbelievable. 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. Likewise, long-term availability of our products, from stock, is a core part of our value proposition to industrial customers. I only want 2 8GB lites, although would settle for a single 8gb lite and a single 4gb lite. 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