{"slug": "raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill", "title": "Raspberry Pi's profits are up. So is its DRAM bill", "summary": "Raspberry Pi reported profits well ahead of expectations, driven by strong demand for its single-board computers. However, the company's rising DRAM costs are cutting into margins, prompting it to tap credit facilities to lock in memory supply.", "body_md": "**SPONSORED LINKS**\n\n### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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So is its DRAM bill\n\nForecasts earnings well ahead of expectations, even as it taps credit facilities to lock in memory supply\n\n-\nSaas\n\n#### Capita £370M bid 40% under UK.gov estimate for Oracle HR and finance system project, court case reveals\n\nCost model designed to protect against low-cost bid bias, claims rival\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Council in UK's City of York outs hundreds of disabled residents with a single email blunder\n\nBlue Badge holders exposed to each other after BCC function proves too complex\n\n-\nPublic Sector\n\n#### UK's top crime agency hamstrung by legacy IT, watchdog warns\n\nRegulator says NCA's aging tech drags down productivity, forces officers to juggle hardware and do manual workarounds\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### Capita £370M bid 40% under UK.gov estimate for Oracle HR and finance system project, court case reveals\n\nCost model designed to protect against low-cost bid bias, claims rival\n\n-\n#### Council in UK's City of York outs hundreds of disabled residents with a single email blunder\n\nBlue Badge holders exposed to each other after BCC function proves too complex\n\n-\n#### UK's top crime agency hamstrung by legacy IT, watchdog warns\n\nRegulator says NCA's aging tech drags down productivity, forces officers to juggle hardware and do manual workarounds\n\n-\n#### Brit regulator finds mobile network service on trains is far from first class\n\nComms watchdog says up to 83% of tests fail the 'good performance' threshold\n\n-\n#### Tech support chap hauled out to help SWAT team saw his life flash before his eyes\n\nBulletproof vests and armored vehicles were not in the job description\n\n-\n#### 'It would be good for the world' to slow down AI sprints, Anthropic says\n\nThe plea for caution comes the same week it beat AI archrival OpenAI to filing for an IPO", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/05/raspberry-pis-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill/5251661", "published_at": "2026-06-05 11:30:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 12:41:54.071085+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Raspberry Pi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/raspberry-pi-s-profits-are-up-so-is-its-dram-bill.jsonld"}}