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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. 299 Laptop by ghoul · · Score: 4, Informative

    Forget Desktops I saw a 299 dollar Celeron laptop at Walmart today. And you can pretty much assemble your own computer for 200 dollars in India so a 250 dollar PIC is kind of dead. And if AMD actually ramps up and starts producing chips at its Bangalore contractor factory we can look forward to even cheaper chips

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  2. PSA by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 4, Informative

    For those who don't know, OLPC is an abbreviation for One Laptop per Child (and not One Love Peace Concert).

    ... Karma whoring since 1998.

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