Posted Jul 15, 2007 at 04:43AM by Sally B. Listed in: Laptops & Notebooks Tags: OLPC, Intel, Nicholas Negroponte
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XO  - Image 1Finally having made peace with each other after allegations of Intel sabotaging One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation's efforts in providing very affordable laptops to the developing world, the major silicon chip mogul joined forces with the non-profit organization in its mission to make children in developing countries computer-literate.

Intel's Will Swope said that both Intel and OLPC have come to terms with what transpired in the past. He explained:

What happened in the past has happened. But going forward, this allows the two organisations to go do a better job and have a better impact for what we are both very eager to do, which is help kids around the world.


Indeed, with Intel being one of the leaders in computing technology backing up OLPC in its quest to give children easier access to laptops, people all over the world can be assured that their noble mission will be a success. Nicholas Negroponte, founder of OLPC, says that, "Collaboration with Intel means that the maximum number of laptops will reach children."

Intel now joins 11 other companies working for the One Laptop Per Child cause, which include Google and Red Hat, among others. The first line of laptops manufactured by OLPC, called the XO, are powered with another OLPC Foundation member and Intel's rival chip-maker AMD.

There are plans to use Intel chips in future laptop models, however. "I think we will end up with a family of products that run across a wide variety of needs," Walter Bender, head of software development for OLPC, said. "Intel will be part of that mix." They also plan to use software that will be compatible on both OLPC's XO laptops and Intel's Classmate series.

The XO laptops were sold to participating countries at US$ 176, but OLC will bring down the price to US$ 100 as previously intended. On the other hand, Intel expects that the US$ 200 price tag for their classmate will go down as well.


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