In a nutshell: Raspberry Pi released its first official display nine years ago. The company is now providing a mild upgrade to the original accessory, with better specs and a high level of compatibility with different Pi generations. Best of all, it remains at the same low price.
The Pi 5 can handle PCIe 3.0 speeds and fairly old AMD GPUs
WTF?! The Raspberry Pi 5's expanded PCIe functionality is one of its most enticing upgrades over its predecessors. Most owners likely use it to install fast storage, AI chips, or network cards, but modders have successfully connected it to dedicated graphics cards. Although the Pi isn't a gaming PC, installing a GPU on one could unlock interesting possibilities.
In brief: IoT startup Particle looks geared to shake up the single-board computer market with their latest creation – the Tachyon. This credit card-sized Linux computer packs the kind of serious hardware normally found in mid-range smartphones. You get an 8-core Qualcomm chip, 5G cellular connectivity, Wi-Fi 6E, and dedicated AI acceleration.
FurMark's latest release supports Raspberry Pi hardware as well as new GPU fan monitoring capabilities. In addition to bug fixes, it also incorporates the latest versions of GPU Shark2, GPU-Z and GeeXLab.
The biggest Linux distro release of the year, Ubuntu 24.04 brings a new app center and firmware updater based on Flutter, an updated toolchain, and experimental support for TPM-backed full disk encryption.