OLPC Drops AMD Chips for Via
One Laptop Per Child(OLPC) project has revamped its upcoming XO-1 laptops hardware. They will be using a Via C7-M processor instead of AMD’s Geode processor.
The One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc. (OLPC) is a U.S. non-profit organization attempting "To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.
The Via processor is said to operate at clock speeds of between 400MHz and 1GHz, which OLPC considers an upgrade over the Geode LX processor in current XO laptops. The upgraded hardware should improve system performance while drawing similar amounts of power. The memory and storage are also upgraded in the XO-1 laptop. The upgraded XO laptops will include 1GB of RAM and between 4GB and 8GB of storage. Existing XO systems include 256MB of RAM and 1GB of storage.
