Post by Phillip on Jul 13, 2007 20:54:54 GMT 2
Intel said that it has agreed with OLPC to “work together to bring the benefits of technology to the developing world through synergy of their respective programs.” According to this agreement, Intel may be providing “technology and educational content” and join the board of OLPC.
“Intel joins the OLPC board as a world leader in technology, helping reach the world’s children. Collaboration with Intel means that the maximum number of laptops will reach children,” said Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, in a prepared statement.
The announcement came somewhat unexpected, even to Intel employees we talked to, but at a time when Intel begins promoting not only the power efficiency, but also the cost efficiency of its processors. It doesn’t take much to see that OLPC devices would be an effective vehicle for Intel’s upcoming Silverthorne processor – a CPU, which is promised to run at 2 watts or less, while providing the performance of a 90 nm Pentium M processor that can be produced, according to Intel, at the cost of a 286 processor, which was first introduced 25 years ago.
While Silverthorne is not explicitly named as a possible processor for the $100 laptop, it could be more than a match for the 700 MHz, AMD Geode LX the only available CPU for the OLPC so far.
www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32896/145/
“Intel joins the OLPC board as a world leader in technology, helping reach the world’s children. Collaboration with Intel means that the maximum number of laptops will reach children,” said Nicholas Negroponte, founder of One Laptop per Child, in a prepared statement.
The announcement came somewhat unexpected, even to Intel employees we talked to, but at a time when Intel begins promoting not only the power efficiency, but also the cost efficiency of its processors. It doesn’t take much to see that OLPC devices would be an effective vehicle for Intel’s upcoming Silverthorne processor – a CPU, which is promised to run at 2 watts or less, while providing the performance of a 90 nm Pentium M processor that can be produced, according to Intel, at the cost of a 286 processor, which was first introduced 25 years ago.
While Silverthorne is not explicitly named as a possible processor for the $100 laptop, it could be more than a match for the 700 MHz, AMD Geode LX the only available CPU for the OLPC so far.
www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32896/145/