Pine64 hits pause on Linux devices due to RAM and eMMC shortage/high prices

While some companies keep increasing prices, the Pine64 community has now announced they don’t intend to manufacture Linux devices due to the current RAM and eMMC flash shortage and related high prices. Pine64 started with the launch of the Pine A64 development board in 2015, and since then they have launched more Arm and RISC-V Linux SBCs, Linux smartphones, and Linux tablets and e-Readers. We used to get several announcements per year, but this year so far, we only covered one: the Pine64 PineVoice. But it’s not a Linux device, and instead, a smart speaker based on a BL602 RISC-V microcontroller. Here’s the full (unedited) announcement published on Telegram, which you should also find on other Pine64 channels: Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that due to the current DRAM/eMMC shortage, there isn’t any plans to continue producing more Linux devices in the near future. Whether production continues or not [...]

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