Rocket Fuel

We test microSD, USB, and (especially) PCIe storage to push Raspberry Pi storage to the max.

Federico Lucifredi

The Raspberry Pi 5 added a new port for a flexible printed cable (FPC) exposing PCI Express (PCIe) for the first time in the history of the beloved single-board computer (SBC; Figure 1). Eclipsed by the convenience of the equally new and faster USB 3.0 ports that now support simultaneous 5Gbps operation and a much improved high-speed microSD card interface, you can understand the Foundation’s lack of urgency in delivering an expansion board to add PCIe storage to the lineup. However, the wait is finally over, and you can now assess the full set of new storage options available to Pi users. M.2 Expansion With new silicon, last year the Pi 5 delivered close to three times the CPU and GPU performance and twice the memory and I/ O bandwidth…

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