Huge demand for UK computer chip
A computer system designed by a British firm is struggling to match the sudden surge of demand for one of its smallest devices. The Raspberry Pi, priced at £22, is running over 700 a second and the company currently sees no end according to their primary distributor in Britain.The device has been heralded as a […]
A computer system designed by a British firm is struggling to match the sudden surge of demand for one of its smallest devices. The Raspberry Pi, priced at £22, is running over 700 a second and the company currently sees no end according to their primary distributor in Britain.The device has been heralded as a replacement to the early coding devices of the 1980s such as the Sinclair Spectrum and the Commodore 64.
Besides the roaring success the Pi has enjoyed in the UK, the jolt in sales can seemingly be attributed to the large amount of interest from nations within the Middle East, with some countries keen to distribute one device to every schoolchild.
Consisting of just a credit card-sized rudimentary circuit board that can be plugged into a TV, monitor or keyboard, the Pi functions like a normal desktop PC. It can create spreadsheets, word-processing programs and even develop basic games.
Recent improvements to circuit board mean that it can now play high-definition video and connect to wi-fi hotspots. The company, which is a charity, is aiming to integrate the device into schools worldwide, so that children can learn programming.
