AMD Cuts Personal Internet Communicator

DaGiants writes "AMD has killed the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), one of the first major efforts at designing ultra low-cost PCs for the third world. Ars Technica reports that AMD decided to pull the plug, taking a loss on the project. AMD can't be too disappointed though, as the OLPC uses AMD's Geode x86 processor, and delivers a lot more for much less. While OLPC gets most of the attention these days, AMD's role in spurring interest in low-cost PCs for developing nations can't be overlooked."

More bonus for us

[ghoul]

Yoohoo We got rid of a loss making project. Next quarters profit sharing is going to be sweet.

Yes it can

[Gorimek]

AMD's role in spurring interest in low-cost PCs for developing nations can't be overlooked."

I'm overlooking it right now, buddy!

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[El Torico]

Luxury. I once posted to slashdot using a 386-based PC I built from parts that were left for trash pickup and an acoustically coupled modem dial up connection.

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you think it's impossible to use? It's certainly not the machine I use for 3D and Photoshop design, but still I managed to get ermm "informed" by Slashdot, and post a responce.

Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to run a spell checker?

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[MustardMan]

You had acoustic couplers? We had to print out the info and whistle it into the phone. Kids these days...

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[TheDreadSlashdotterD]

Man, that whistle beats having to send the print via pigeon. You must have had some low ping times with that.

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[Dystopian Rebel]

THAT'S NOTHING, you pansy. In my family, the six of us are locked in the trunk of the '73 Lincoln Continental (on blocks) and our only computer is a TRS-80 that our father beats us over the head with before we are allowed to swim across the alligator pond to use the computer and the 300 baud modem to post our mindless rubbish to Slashdot. We have to power the computer by pedalling a bicycle with a dynamo and if any of us makes a spelling mistake, Dad, a fervent Slashdot Grammar Nazi, beats us all over the head with the Lisa (he likes the heft) and the external diskette drive and then we are all denied our allowance of brackish water for a week.

PIE

[deadlock911]

Maybe if they change the name to Personal Internet Exlorer then more third world countries will invest in them.
They all want more PIEs

Re:Buzz off bozo

[kfg]

This is a guy born in Mexico who travelled across the border everyday to attend high school in Texas

Well shit, anybody can succeed that way. I crossed the border from Texas into Mexico to be a dropout.

. . .unlike the slashdot script kiddies who took a 6 week course during the boom. . .

Hey, I took a real course - 8 weeks.

When you do something with your life other than bitching than you can make fun of him

I piss and moan too.

KFG

Re:Is the developing market lucrative?

[JamesD_UK]

Pigeons? People theses days don't know they're born. Back in the day we were still waiting for pigeons to evolve. We had an archaeopteryx and I can tell you... we were grateful for it.