The Raspberry Pi3 the New Sinclair

The Raspberry Pi sales are expected to surpass eight million units, featuring 64-bit processor and built-in wi-fi and Bluetooth connections according to founder Eben Crhistopher Upton, a Computer Science graduate from University of Cambridge, PhD, MBA and director of Studies in Computer Science at St Johns College. He is the technical director and SoC architect for Broadcom, worked as a software engineer at IBM and visiting researcher at Intel Corporation, also founded two startups -Podfun and Ideaworks 3D,  

He said the Pi Foundation initially thought it had won the title last year when sales blew past the total set by Sinclair machines in the 1980s.

The Raspberry Pi 3 will go on sale for £30 ($35) as there are few hundred units available on the launch day from online stores.  People use Pi as a PC replacement or use it as an embedded computer. The updated 64-bit processor on-board gives the Pi3 a 50 per cent performance improvement on the Pi 2. Hobbyists uses the Pi to act as a hub for smart home gadgets and would be able to use Bluetooth to link devices and sensors together. The first Pi was only released in 2012. An affordable programmable computer that could be used to teach kids and adults how to code and can be an ideal tinkering platform and bring some life into the classroom. The Pi was a modular blank slate with simple concept that could be used flexibly in numerous projects, like LEGO bricks, the resulting creations can be infinite and limited to the user’s ideas.  They continue to expand their Cambridge-based operation and reinvest their profits in education initiatives. In November 2015, they merged with Code Club and launched the Pi Zero which retailed at £4 (US $5)