tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post4690125394115069638..comments2024-03-05T04:05:47.416-08:00Comments on The Wisdom of Ganesh: The Computing Platform of the Futureprasadgchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post-8314264033280624552009-04-08T19:23:00.000-07:002009-04-08T19:23:00.000-07:00Julien,The OLPC set the trend, all right, but I en...Julien,<BR/><BR/>The OLPC set the trend, all right, but I envisage something even more radical emerging in the next few years.<BR/><BR/>It's the convergence of multiple devices within a flexible form factor with other aspects crossing their respective tipping points.<BR/><BR/>Hardware trends are promising. With the newer generation CPUs like Atom and the promise of GPGPUs, plus solid state storage, the price should approach mobile phone territory in 2-3 years and continue dropping.<BR/><BR/>Software availability and cloud capability are already here.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the trends are also favourable (ubiquitous wireless access, high network bandwidth and battery life).<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Ganeshprasadgchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639021.post-56137209975323459232009-04-08T17:59:00.000-07:002009-04-08T17:59:00.000-07:00Sounds an awful lot like the OLPC, don't you think...Sounds an awful lot like the <A HREF="http://laptop.org/en/" REL="nofollow">OLPC</A>, don't you think? Apart from the battery aspect, but even that will happen sooner or later.Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981068637782241298noreply@blogger.com