Intel Joins 'One Laptop Per Child' board

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Intel Joins 'One Laptop Per Child' Board

By reli4nt

After its chairman, Craig Barrett previously made negative comments about it, Intel has decided to join up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. Craig Barrett called the laptops a "gadget". The new partners announced that Intel will join the non-profit's board and contribute funding for the program.

The project is also referred to as the $100 laptop program, in reference to the intended cost of the items . Currently the actual cost remains $175 USD. The laptops are intended for distribution to children in poor and developing countries.

Intel offers a similar product called the Classmate which currently costs over $200. The OLPC project laptops are currently using processors from AMD, a competitor of Intel.

More resources:

Intel's Official Press Release
Classmate PC official site
One Laptop Per Child official site

-- reli4nt

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