http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2594 Comments for "Municator PC with Godson CPU" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2594 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> YellowSheepRiver / BMX Semiconductors / China Academy of Sciences<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.yellowsheepriver.org/company.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.yellowsheepriver.org/company.html</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> A Chinese company has developed an inexpensive Linux-based computer as a way to close the &quot;digital divide.&quot; YellowSheepRiver&#39;s $150 &quot;Municator&quot; is available now and claims to have performance akin to Pentium III-quality; it is also compared to MIPS&#39;s four-way superscalar R10000 processor, which shipped in 1995.<br /> &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> Whereas the MIT One Laptop Per Child models offer an LCD display and no harddrive, the Chinese model offers an external 40GB USB drive and an S-video cable to support television hook-ups.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2594">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2594#comment BOP Technology Activity IT Hardware Activity Active China Consumer For-profit Activity Private Investment Funded Asia Pacific Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:48:32 -0400 _Alex Bloom 2594 at http://www.nextbillion.net