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Raspberry Pi 6 won’t arrive before 2028 (and won’t have an NPU)

Raspberry Pi 6 will not launch before 2028 and will not include an onboard neural processing unit (NPU) for AI tasks, according to three company engineers and leaders during a Reddit AMA on May 21, 2026. The delay extends the typical 3-4 year release cycle, as the Raspberry Pi 5 debuted in 2023, pushing the next major model beyond the initially expected 2026-2027 timeframe.

read1 min publishedMay 26, 2026

The Raspberry Pi 6 won’t be released before 2028 and it won’t feature an onboard NPU to handle AI compute tasks. Insight into plans for the Pi 6 were shared by three of the company’s key engineers and leaders in an AMA (ask me anything) session on Reddit on 21 May, 2026. Based on past launches the gap between major Pi models (Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 4 and 5) is around 3-4 years. The Raspberry Pi 5 launched in 2023. That should put the Pi 6 on course for launch in 2026 or 2027. But Raspberry Pi co-founder and CEO […]

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