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AMD Cuts Personal Internet Communicator

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-way-for-the-new-thing dept.

DaGiants writes "AMD has killed the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), one of the first major efforts at designing ultra low-cost PCs for the third world. Ars Technica reports that AMD decided to pull the plug, taking a loss on the project. AMD can't be too disappointed though, as the OLPC uses AMD's Geode x86 processor, and delivers a lot more for much less. While OLPC gets most of the attention these days, AMD's role in spurring interest in low-cost PCs for developing nations can't be overlooked."

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  1. Foolishness!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is foolishness on part of First World companies to beleive Third world consumers will be happy with ugly looking bulky briefcases that are called laptops./

  2. Thanks AMD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    OLPC is just another part of the systematic dismantling of the middle class that those in power in the US have been doing for the last 25 years. What better way to make sure those proles aren't getting too much of the wealth than to make sure any job that pays more than $30K gets offshored?