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RASPBERRY Pi ARM CHIPS

Arm chips are everywhere. Our phones, tablets and even data centres feature these low-power processors. They’re ubiquitous and there are 40+ million more thanks tov8) 64-bit SoC running at 1.5 GHz (or 1.8GHz for later releases) we have an Arm CPU running the show. The same is true of the Raspberry Pi Pico and its RP2040 SoC, which is powered by a 32-bit dual core Arm Cortex M0+ running at 133MHz. This is more powerful than the Archimedes, and only costs £4!

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