The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced and launched its smallest and cheapest computer, the Raspberry Pi Zero. Despite its size, the Raspberry Pi Zero features the same CPU as the original Raspberry Pi as well as decent specifications for its price.

According to Eben Upton, the founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the new Raspberry Pi Zero will try to fulfill the mission of delivering programmable computers to anyone and everyone. While millions of users have acquired a Raspberry Pi since it became available back in 2012, the cheaper Raspberry Pi Zero will push it to a complete new level.

Based on the Broadcom BCM2835 single-core CPU with a 1GHz ARM11 core, which makes it 40 percent faster than the original Raspberry Pi, the new Raspbery Pi Zero also comes with 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM, a microSD card slot, a mini-HDMI for 1080p60 video output, micro-USB ports for data and power, unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header, which is the same as on Model A+, B+ and 2B, and unpopulated composite video header, all at a rather incredible 65x39x5mm form-factor.

The Raspberry Pi Zero will also be included with the December issue of The MagPi magazine and in case you won't be able to get a copy, there are plenty of stores that will sell the Raspberry Pi Zero from day one.





Source: RaspberryPi.org