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

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

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  3. 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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