Intel joins One Laptop Per Child initiative

Posted on August 11, 2007 by admin

In an unexpected development, chip giant Intel Corp. has joined the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. The nonprofit project aims to equip children in developing countries with specially designed low-cost notebooks powered by chips from Intel’s rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.Previously, Intel’s efforts in the education market appeared at odds with those of OLPC. While OLPC expects to finally begin delayed volume shipments of its XO laptop in September, priced at $175, Intel has been selling its Classmate PC laptop in bulk since March. Classmate currently costs around $225, but Intel hopes to lower that price to $200 by year end.

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    July 23, 2007 (IDG News Service) –

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program moved a step closer to providing low-cost laptops to children in developing nations by giving the go-ahead to the mass production of its XO laptop. However, the computers are expected to be out in October, one month later than originally planned.

    The prices for the laptops are $176 each, with the price expected to go down to $100 sometime next year, according to a spokesman for the project. There will be 3 million laptops available in October, and they will be distributed to children by the governments of participating countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Tunisia, the U.S. and Uruguay.