Raspberry Pi 5 marks a generational leap in SBC performance, with a custom RP1 south bridge handling USB, SDIO, and GPIO for true parallel I/O performance. The PCIe 2.0 FPC connector supports NVMe SSDs for fast local storage, essential for edge AI inference and data buffering. Dual MIPI camera/display connectors support simultaneous 4K streaming and computer vision workloads. Power Delivery over USB-C allows the board to negotiate 5A at 5V for power-hungry peripherals. Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) provides a hardened, long-term-support Linux environment.