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Raspberry Pi CM5 is a faster, drop-in upgrade
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 is smaller than a credit card, and I already have it gaming in 4K with an eGPU, running a Kubernetes cluster, and I even upgraded my NEC Commercial display from a CM4 to CM5, just swapping the Compute Modules! The Compute Module 4 was hard to get for years. It launched right after the COVID supply chain crisis, leading to insane scalper pricing.
There's a microSD card that only works on Lite Compute Modules without eMMC, and finally an M.2 slot, with a little LED that blinks when you're using an SSD. BCM2712 D0 stepping SoC, with 4x Cortex A76 CPU cores at 2.4 GHz RP1 chip for IO expansion (GPIO, MIPI Camera/Display, 2x USB 3.0 bus, Ethernet) eMMC storage is moved to the bottom of the Compute Module The Wireless chip has been raised up onto a short PCB mezzanine (I believe it can be had separately now, for system integrators, maybe?) Luckily, this time they kept the form factor, meaning for most things, it's a drop-in upgrade, where you get 2-3x faster performance, and at least for the larger models, the same price.
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