OLPC Set To Dump x86 For Arm Chips In XO 2

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 12, 2009 @06:36AM 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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Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! by CaptainPatent · 2009-03-12 06:45 · 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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