Introducing Intel CMPC Third Generation

JAKARTA - the world's largest chip producer Intel Corp. introduced the third generation netbook (notebookmini) segment of education Classmate PC (CMPC). Intel revealed, CMPC third generation to become more functional and resistant rock than the previous generation.

CMPC is a netbook designed for children. In the latest generation of CMPC, Intel changed the design of the clamshell to be convertible. This means, CMPC generation can be operated as a traditional notebook and the withdrawal could also operated a PC (personal computer) tablets. CMPC has a number of the latest identity tablet PC, touch screen, among others.
Touch screen can be rotated 180 degrees and then folded to cover the keyboard so that it becomes CMPC tablet PC. When CMPC has turned into a PC tablet, then the children can write on the screen with the stylus, such as writing books on the course. CMPC also features third-generation webcam that can be played-play so that children can do video conferencing.

Because designed for children, who tend to be careless, the latest construction CMPC also strengthened. Among other things, the use netbook resistance of the body shell, water spill-resistant keyboard, touch screen and the pressure of a hand-resistant children. Intel said, the performance computing CMPC third generation has also increased because the Atom processor, the processor that is designed specifically for the netbook.

That way, the performance of third-generation computing CMPC is expected to be equal with the netbook in general, so that children become more productive in the study.

"Education is one of the best ways to improve the future of the individual, village, or the country," a General Manager Emerging Markets Platform Group Intel Corp. Lila Ibrahim, a developing third-generation design CMPC. Lila added, the world currently has 1.3 billion school-age children.

Among them, only 5 percent have access to a PC or the Internet. Lila assert, industry, information technology (IT) has a responsibility to improve student learning and life. CMPC is not the only initiative for education cheap PC.

PC education initiatives indeed appear in 2005 when former Chairman of Media Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nicholas Negroponte has radical ideas to produce valuable USD100 notebook in order to remove the digital gap in the poorest countries.

Negroponte and the OLPC foundation founded (One Laptop Per Child) and successfully produce OLPC XO tiny notebook, which has a screen measuring 7.5 inches. Tiny notebook that can operate despite the price bounced over a few times of the early target. XO production processors using Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), the main competitor Intel processors in the industry.

Intel actually had its own support OLPC. Intel joined the OLPC in July 2007. However, in January 2008, Intel attract support for the OLPC because OLPC stop forcing Intel CMPC program. Negroponte own states, resignation Intel's OLPC will not disrupt the OLPC effort to find buyers. Negroponte even assert, resignation Intel will make OLPC better.

"This will restore momentum. We previously thought are broken pieces," said Negroponte. But abandoned after Intel, the problem appeared to be on the OLPC complex. In May 2008 when the OLPC split split second highest leader in the OLPC resigned from the foundation.

He is Walter Bender, who helps Negroponte founded OLPC. Bender is the task of developing software and content production for the OLPC XO notebook. Bender prefer using open source software (OSS) in the XO with reason OSS can significantly cut the price notebookXO.

Once abandoned Intel, OLPC is more pragmatic step. They also began to establish cooperation with the world's largest software manufacturer Microsoft Corp. to support technology and funds. Microsoft also set up Windows XP for XO.