Chief Executive Officer, Raspberry Pi Holdings
Search every verified Eben Upton interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi Holdings, has been discussing the company's focus on deploying artificial intelligence into real-world applications, describing it as "the next big move in AI." He stated that while theoretical progress in AI has been significant over the past decade, the opportunity lies in getting these techniques out of the lab and into the world to achieve productivity gains. Upton expressed hope that Raspberry Pi will eventually ship "hundreds of millions, billions of units" capable of running machine learning applications, up from the tens of millions currently. Upton also addressed the company's product development and market position. He noted that 70 to 80 percent of Raspberry Pis are now sold into embedded or industrial applications, and described the company's pricing structure as "very flat," with no volume discounts. Regarding the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB model, Upton explained that the 16GB configuration uses eight 16-gigabit dies in a dual-rank arrangement, and stated that he does not expect a 32GB version to be produced. He also commented on the company's supply situation, saying production had reached about 70,000 units per week in early 2024 with a goal of 90,000 units per week.
“I think the next big move in AI is the deployment of AI into the world actually getting value out of these capabilities. It's been an amazing 10 or 15 years for theoretical progress in AI... but in general these techniques are still mostly confined to the lab. I think the opportunity is get them out in the world, get p...”
“I think where Raspberry Pi has always succeeded though is to very parsimoniously provide the essential elements of the computer and then push some of that functionality off into accessories that either we build ourselves or as I say we use this as an opportunity to have our ecosystem, our commercial ecosystem around Ra...”
“we had to make difficult allocation decisions you know we have oems like yourselves who have invested in the platform and who you know who've made a choice you know you're not a huge company right um You when people talk about when we talk about having had to prioritize OEM customers people think we're talking about IB...”
“I would love it to be why well I guess it's the concept of open Hardware is very compelling from a security supply chain perspective uh I think the challenge you have though is that it won't be open Hardware right I mean no no performant risk five so the architecture is open I mean what does risk five have going throug...”
“70 to 80% of raspberries today are now selling into either what we call embedded applications so those are oems who are Outsourcing the intelligence component of their platforms to a Raspberry Pi solution or industrial applications people taking raspberry pies and using them in an industrial context.”
“I hope we're looking at a world in which we're shipping not tens of millions as we are today tens of millions of raspy on Solutions which are capable of running which are capable of running machine learning applications My Hope Is that we shipping hundreds of millions billions of units which are running machine learnin...”
“we accidentally dropped a product into a completely empty space where a lot of people were standing. It was empty of products but very full of people.”
“the thing that characterizes Raspberry Pi is not just the thin margins but the very flat pricing structure. So people come to us and say, oh so Raspberry Pi is $35, how much will a thousand, how much will I have to pay for a thousand Raspberry Pis? And the answer is $35,000.”
“we accidentally dropped a product into a completely empty space where a lot of people were standing it was empty of products but very full of people”
“the thing that characterizes Raspberry Pi is not just the thin margins but the very flat pricing structure so people come to us and say oh so Raspberry Pi is $35 how much will a thousand how much will I have to pay for a thousand Raspberry Pis and the answer is $35,000”
“The original thought was a tiny little thought, which is like, 'Hang on a second. Young people used to be excited about computers, and huge numbers of young people used to get excited about computers at home, and then they used to then apply to study computer science at university, and then suddenly we woke up one day,...”
“This is the single biggest change in Raspberry Pi in the commercial part of Raspberry Pi is the move from being purely an electronic products company to a blend of an electronics product company and a semiconductor company. We launched RP2040 in January of 2021 amazing time to launch a microcontroller when you couldn't...”
“I think that those some of those vendors have permanently damaged their position in the in the maker in the maker community Community uh and I think it's a shame because I think they are good products all those companies OB but all those all those companies they do have good products they do have relevant products and...”
“Raspberry Pi doesn't have an integrated AI accelerator and it probably never will do um and why doesn't it well it doesn't because I think that it's only of interest to a small number of Raj rupai users uh it's an expensive feature to provide in terms of silicon area and therefore you are taxing if 10% of people want i...”
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Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton joins Viktor Petersson to unpack the journey of Raspberry Pi, from a simple tool to teach programming into a global platform powering everything from classrooms to industrial systems. They explore the Pi’s impact on education, its growing role in industry and IoT, and how it’s being used in real-world applications like Screenly’s digital signage. The conversation also touches on surprising technical challenges (like SD card durability) and exciting possibilities with RISC-V architecture. Whether you’re a tech educator, engineer, or just curious about the futur…
Join CEO of Raspberry Pi Eben Upton as we talk all things AI and Industrial IoT from Embedded World 2024. This talk is part of the Arm Tech Talk Series, bringing you the latest trends, technologies and best practices from the Arm ecosystem: https://www.arm.com/techtalks If you enjoyed this video, and don't want to miss any of our future Arm Tech Talks, please subscribe to our channel. #onarm #ew24 1. 00:00) Raspberry Pi talking AI & Industrial IoT on Arm at Embedded World 2024 2. (00:58) Why is Raspberry Pi highlighted in today's discussion? 3. (01:47) How has Raspberry Pi's approac…
I asked Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton about Pi 5 shortages, AI on the Pi, and what's next for CM5 and RP2040 at CES 2024. HUGE thanks to Arm for sponsoring my trip to CES 2024—a video with more on Arm at CES is coming soon! (This video is not sponsored, but my trip to CES was, just to be clear.) Support me on Patreon: / geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: / geerlingengineering #CES2024 #RaspberryPi Contents: 00:00 - AI on Raspberry Pi, RP2040's future 03:00 - CM5 when? 03:58 - Pi 5 shortages and prod…
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Each of us are on overlapping mini-vacations this week, so we're debuting a brand new episode of the FOSS Pod in the feed. Enjoy! With tens of millions of units sold, it's no surprise the Raspberry Pi has become synonymous with the phenomenon of single-board computers, and it's also a great gateway into the world of open source. For this ep, we spoke to none other than co-founder and CEO Eben Upton about every Pi-related topic we could think of, including the Pi's origins in academia, early challenges designing the first board, adapting to pandemic supply constraints, selling such a successf…
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