{"id":11881,"date":"2015-02-02T08:50:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T08:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11881"},"modified":"2015-02-09T12:26:30","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T12:26:30","slug":"raspberry-pi-2-6x-faster-quad-core-and-twice-the-memory-launched-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11881","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 2 &#8211; 6x faster, quad-core and twice the memory &#8211; launched today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11887\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437.jpg?resize=560%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"100437\" width=\"560\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">In a shock announcement, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched<\/a> the <strong>Raspberry Pi 2 <\/strong>at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/community\/news\" target=\"_blank\">press event at The Shard in London<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick introductory video I made. If you&#8217;d prefer to read about it rather than watch, feel free to skip the video!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raspberry Pi 2 model B - a quick introduction\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dvBJrUjTyFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s changed?<\/h2>\n<p>Originally not expected until 2017, the new board, known officially as the &#8220;Raspberry Pi 2 Model B&#8221;, features a <strong>quad-core ARMv7 processor<\/strong> with all 4 cores running at <strong>900mHz<\/strong>.\u00a0On-board with this new processor is <strong>1GB of RAM<\/strong>, which is now mounted on the bottom of the Pi. The board has the same form factor as the Model B+ which means it should\u00a0be compatible with current cases (<em>Update 9\/2 &#8211; Apparently the Pibow case from Pimoroni needs a new layer 3 to cope with the slight change in position of some components. Please contact them direct to get a replacement layer)<\/em>. The same 40-pin GPIO header as the B+ is also present, and is pin-compatible with the earlier model so all your peripherals will work. It includes connectors for the Raspberry Pi camera and also the forthcoming DSI screen. The composite audio\/video port is still present, as is the HDMI port. Just like the B+ it also sports 4 USB ports and an ethernet port. As always, you power it via a microUSB power supply. Power requirements are approximately the same as the B+ so you can use your existing\u00a0power supplies.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the price?<\/h2>\n<p>The price of the Pi 2\u00a0is, staggeringly, the same as the older model, (although it comes in a slightly thicker box so you might find it comes out slightly more expensive due to extra shipping costs). You know me, I always recommend people go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/raspberry-pi-2-model-b\" target=\"_blank\">The Pi Hut<\/a><\/strong> (which I would still do regardless of any advertising &#8211; they&#8217;re the most local to me!), and at the moment it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/raspberry-pi-2-model-b\" target=\"_blank\">available there for \u00a330 including VAT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/raspberry-pi-2-model-b\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11893\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Available-from-The-Pi-Hut_sm.jpg?resize=193%2C75&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Available from The Pi Hut_sm\" width=\"193\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>So, how does it perform?<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been spending some time with the Pi 2\u00a0over the past couple of weeks to see how it performs. Immediately upon boot-up you know you&#8217;re in for a much better experience because boot time itself is much-improved. The other thing that is most noticeable is when you&#8217;ve gone into the desktop. The CPU usage indicator on the desktop stays &#8216;calm&#8217; when loading up and running applications, rather than running &#8216;hot&#8217; at 100% like it does on previous models. When I ran Sonic Pi, the CPU rarely went over 5% and it loaded much faster. Browsing, likewise, is a lot more responsive, especially when initially rendering pages and, particularly, when scrolling. Minecraft Pi Edition is noticeably quicker to load and smoother when you&#8217;re moving about.\u00a0Although I didn&#8217;t get a chance to try it out, it will be interesting to see what happens when you&#8217;re doing a lot of things all at once such as using TNT. I can only imagine what it will do to the performance of Mathematica.<\/p>\n<p>I plan on running some multi-thread experiments soon and comparing the B+ with the Pi 2. In theory, the Pi 2 should perform much better due to the quad-core processor. I also plan on running a web-server on it to see if performance has improved over the B+.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, though, is that this will be a much better platform for education &#8211;\u00a0faster boot time, faster application loading times and generally more responsive overall.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update from press conference:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Pi 2 will be able to run Ubuntu and also&#8230; Windows 10!!! From Eben:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It does\u00a0run Windows 10. I&#8217;ve seen it running.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is yet to be seen whether this is the\u00a0<em>full<\/em> version of Windows 10 or some kind of embedded version. My money, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\">a comment made by Ben Nuttall on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog post<\/a>, would be on the latter.<\/p>\n<h2>In summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New processor &#8211; BCM2836, quad-core running at 900mHz<\/li>\n<li>1GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>40-pin GPIO compatible with the B+<\/li>\n<li>Same form-factor as the B+<\/li>\n<li>4 USB ports.<\/li>\n<li>HDMI<\/li>\n<li>Composite audio\/video<\/li>\n<li>Camera and Display ribbon connector ports<\/li>\n<li>Powered by microUSB power supply<\/li>\n<li>$35 (or about \u00a330)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you with this quote from Eben Upton:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Today&#8217;s launch of Raspberry Pi 2 takes the Raspberry Pi platform to a completely new level. Combining a sixfold increase in processing power and a doubling of memory capacity with complete backward compatibility with the existing Model B+, Raspberry Pi 2 is the perfect board for professionals and hobbyists alike. The new board will open up new design and development opportunities for users, and further the Foundation&#8217;s mission to bring affordable general-purpose computing to people everywhere.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>More coverage<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to point you over to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/raspi.tv\/2015\/raspberry-pi-2-the-new-quad-core-a7-pi2\" target=\"_blank\">RasPi.TV for more coverage<\/a><\/strong>. Alex Eames has done some great\u00a0work on investigating the capabilities of the Pi 2 and comparing it with the B+, and <a href=\"http:\/\/raspi.tv\/2015\/raspberry-pi-2-the-new-quad-core-a7-pi2\" target=\"_blank\">his video is excellent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will link to other posts I&#8217;ve found in a top-up post later on today (<em>except anyone who broke the 9am embargo, because that&#8217;s just not cricket, chaps!<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437_2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11885\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437_2.jpg?resize=560%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"100437_2\" width=\"560\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437_2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/100437_2.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shock announcement, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched the Raspberry Pi 2 at a press event at The Shard in London. 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