I always notice complaints about rpi not having X component when a new pi gets released.
I sometimes think people do not realise what they need or what they can do with what they have, so I thought I would ask this idle question.
What do people want to do that the rpi currently cannot do?
And propose what I think the SOC needs for the next generation:
I think that a really flexible on SOC IO processor is needed. Something like the beaglebone PRU but with USB 3.1/c and analog ADC possibly even DAC all routable to any given pin and integrated with DMA and realtime processors to handle any necessary IO without ARM or VC4/5 intervention. I get the feeling this is something that is probably very hard to get on one piece of silicon but once implemented it makes a multi purpose chip suitable for almost any application. I am sure smart TVs, settop boxes, home automation, and robotics are growing markets with huge scope. I feel there is advantage to having the same processor system doing everything as it reduces users learning overhead and simplifies interoperability.
Obviously not really anything to do with educational goals but maybe in some ways related to it?
Education and learning should be about how to get the best from life, as life becomes more linked to computers what do we need to learn about them and what can computers do to make life better (please forgive the above hippy bullshit, obviously the most important thing in life is money!). How can you make it cheaper?