{
  "id": 9773111,
  "title": "Raspberry Pi Stock Jumps 30% as Demand Surges. (And Boards Now Locked to Their Original RAM Size)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/raspberry-pi-stock-jumps-30-as-demand-surges-and-boards-now-locked-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T13:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/25/0554208/raspberry-pi-stock-jumps-30-as-demand-surges-and-boards-now-locked-to-their-original-ram-size"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Raspberry Pi's stock surged more than 30% in the past week, driven by a 90% revenue increase to $256.9 million over the six months ending June 30. Adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $40.3 million, and profit before tax jumped 216% to $19.6 million. These impressive numbers were fueled by a 26% rise in direct unit shipments to 3.4 million, a 17% increase in total unit shipments to 4.2 million, and a doubling of the customer order backlog to 2.6 million units. Demand was especially strong in the Smart Home and Aerospace and Defence sectors. Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton explained that customers were favoring the company's computers due to their superior inventory of components compared to competitors. The increasing cost of DRAM prompted Raspberry Pi to quadruple its suppliers. However, a recent bootloader change from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has restricted the ability to upgrade RAM on Pi 4, Pi 5, and Compute Modules, effectively \"locking\" devices to their original RAM size. Despite this limitation, the bootloader can be reflashed using the built-in mask ROM over USB and rpiboot, allowing users to downgrade it to the last known good release (2024-09-10) to function with upgraded RAM. This change appears to be aimed at preventing third-party resellers from selling low-RAM Compute Modules at a markup, thus benefiting users and promoting transparency in hardware sourcing.",
  "summary": "Raspberry Pi's stock shot up over 30% in the last week. Why are investors so excited? For the six months ending June 30, revenue for Raspberry Pi Holdings \"jumped 90% to $256.9 million,\" reports Investing.com, \"while adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $40.3 million, and profit before tax leapt 216% to $19.6 million.\" Underpinning the strong numbers was an acceleration in OEM adoption: direct…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}