Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild

We all knew this was coming, but my question is what's the topology? The same as the regular Pi5, with the RP1 southbridge built-in and only one PCIe lane exposed for the user, or does the CM5 leave off the RP1 and break out all five PCIe lanes for user shenanigans? They have a bare chip supply chain set up from the RP2040, so they could sell the RP1 separately for those who want to integrate it onto their carrier boards.

I kinda don&#x27;t understand the point of the CM5. If you want a SoM, you&#x27;re generally building something &quot;fancy&quot; around it… and at that point anything involving Broadcom is just about the worst choice.<p>I guess it gets some bump from the shared platform with the Pi, but… there&#x27;s enough SoMs with good platform support at this point. And it&#x27;s not like they&#x27;re notably cheaper than those either?<p>(ed. I guess they are still cheaper than competing SoMs with roughly equal performance… but you pay the price of a poor closed platform instead)

CM stands for compute module, for those wondering like me

Did anyone grab a screenshot or copy of this before it was deleted? Archive.is&#x2F;archive.org don&#x27;t seem to have it.

Went down the voice assistant rabbit-hole with Home Assistant. To integrate with an LLM, you will need a separate processor (or connect to the cloud service).<p>Wondering if CM5 will offer enough of a boost to allow on-device LLM processing on a Home Assistant Yellow.<p>Guessing the answer is no, but it might be worth trying.

Are we 100% sure that this picture of a CM4 box with a CM5 sticker slapped on it is legitimate?

Here&#x27;s the official CM4 =&gt; CM5 technical guidance: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pip.raspberrypi.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;945-forward-guidance" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pip.raspberrypi.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;945-forward-guidance</a>

What does this mean for someone non-technical who uses a Pi for home files server?

I&#x27;ve been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)

Will it be compatible with things like the CM4 I&#x2F;O board?

If CM5 doesn&#x27;t at minimum expose the PCIe x4, I&#x27;m going to flip some fucking tables over.

The trouble with these CM&#x27;s is by the time you get your hands on CM5 and engineer your custom carrier board for it (because they change the pinout every time), Pi 6 has come out.