OLPC Set To Dump x86 For Arm Chips In XO 2 274
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."
Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! (Score:5, 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) [wikipedia.org]. 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?
Re:Now they can get the keyboard back (Score:4, Funny)
A keyboard. How quaint. (cracks knuckles)
Re:Why is this highlighted? (Score:5, Funny)
It was angry, but it seems to have calmed down now.
Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! (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.
Cue Transmeta... (Score:3, Funny)
...oh yeah, nevermind.
Damn.
Re:Does Ubuntu run on ARM? (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.
Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! (Score:5, Funny)
I hear your fore arm is pretty powerful.
A wise old mariner with powerful fore arms once said: "I yam what I yam."
Re:Now they can get the keyboard back (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Now with Shoulder & Elbow Joint Technology! (Score:5, Funny)
Four ARMS? Were they arranged in a beowulf cluster?
Re:Oh dear God no (Score:1, Funny)
You're evil, EVIL!!! ;)
Re:What does this mean for their WinXP models? (Score:3, Funny)
That it went together with their other products of the time? WinME and WinNT?
"Yes! You too can harness the speed of WIndows across our whole Family of products! CE-ME-NT!"