Raspberry Pi Speeds up Its Raspberry Pi Pico Boards via New Update
Raspberry Pi has rolled out a speed boost to its RP2040 microcontroller, taking the clock speed beyond the newer RP2350. This improvement comes courtesy of an official overclock that introduces a 200 MHz option in v2.1.1 of the Pico SDK. The new mode is not enabled by default and requires setting a preprocessor define, but it represents a 50% overclock over stock speeds.
- The widespread adoption of Raspberry Pi's RP2040 microcontroller has significant implications for the development of low-cost, high-performance computing platforms in education, research, and industry.
- What potential security vulnerabilities or risks arise from using a faster clock speed on an already powerful processor like the RP2040?