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The Next Raspberry Pi Leaked Inside Linux's Own Source Code...
The next two Raspberry Pis leaked the honest way: through the Linux kernel's own source code. Two boards, a Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W and a Raspberry Pi 4 Model A, have quietly turned up in Raspberry Pi's kernel tree, in a merged pull request adding device trees for the Pi Zero 3 W and Pi 4A. Hackster reports the request went into the Raspberry Pi kernel repository on GitHub, signed off by Raspberry Pi's Marta Momotko.
The device tree spells out how far: the Ethernet controller isn't enabled, a single HDMI output rather than the Model B's dual micro HDMI, the analogue audio pins empty, microSD only. Weber's caveat is the fair one: everything comes from device tree files rather than an official spec sheet, so mileage may vary.
Prices and dates are still nowhere. Hackster again: Raspberry Pi "had not made any formal announcements regarding the new models," with nothing by way of a launch date or pricing yet.
You can spot the next one yourself: watch the pull requests on the Raspberry Pi kernel repository, because these files landed there before anyone announced anything.
The press release comes later. The source code already shipped.
Neither board gets the Pi 5's chip. Bret Weber parsed the files on his blog: the Zero 3 W runs the Broadcom BCM2711, the same quad-core Cortex-A72 chip that powers the Raspberry Pi 4, replacing the Zero 2 W's quad-core 1GHz Cortex-A53. Phoronix puts the new SoC the same way and says it looks like it could be here soon.
The Model A is the nostalgic one. Hackster points out there has not been a Model A since the Raspberry Pi 3, and the tradition means smaller and cut down.