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OLPC Set To Dump x86 For Arm Chips In XO 2

Posted by timothy on from the just-make-it-faster dept.

angry tapir writes with this excerpt from Good Gear Guide: "One Laptop Per Child is set to dump x86 processors, instead opting to put low-power Arm-based processors in its next-generation XO-2 laptop with the aim of improving battery life. The nonprofit is 'almost' committed to putting the Arm-based chip in the next-generation XO-2 laptop, which is due for release in 18 months, according to Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC. The XO-1 laptop currently ships with Advanced Micro Devices' aging Geode chip, which is based on an x86 design."

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  1. Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Funny

    OLPC Set To Dump x86 For Arm Chips In XO 2

    I'm sorry, I thought ARM is an acronym for Advanced RISC Machine (formerly Acorn RISC Machine). Why am I seeing it used as "Arm"?

    Or is there something I don't know about the processing power of two of my appendages?

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    1. Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! by CaptainPatent · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or is there something I don't know about the processing power of two of my appendages?

      *flexes*

      Slashdot, I'd like you to meet Blue and Cray.

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    2. Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

      I hear your fore arm is pretty powerful.

      A wise old mariner with powerful fore arms once said: "I yam what I yam."

    3. Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! by Frnknstn · · Score: 4, Funny

      Four ARMS? Were they arranged in a beowulf cluster?

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  2. Re:Now they can get the keyboard back by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    A keyboard. How quaint. (cracks knuckles)

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  3. Re:Why is this highlighted? by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was angry, but it seems to have calmed down now.

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  4. Cue Transmeta... by geekmux · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...oh yeah, nevermind.

    Damn.

  5. Re:Does Ubuntu run on ARM? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing at all. What's the incentive for people to use an OS from an manufacturer who deems them worthy of crapware?

    Masochism.

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  6. Re:Now they can get the keyboard back by Chaos+Incarnate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello, computer.

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  7. Re:Oh dear God no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're evil, EVIL!!! ;)

  8. Re:What does this mean for their WinXP models? by powerlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    WinCE (What were they thinking when they picked that name???

    That it went together with their other products of the time? WinME and WinNT?

    "Yes! You too can harness the speed of WIndows across our whole Family of products! CE-ME-NT!"

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