According to some forecasts, the development of the following generation OLPC on base of Intel processors already begin, the first models will be shown in the following half-year.
It was considered that as replacement to the present AMD geode LX-700 (433 MHz) processors will arrive the 45 nm processors silverthorne, which Intel is assembled to use in its mobile platform menlow, which allow to place all components on the motherboards with size 74 X 143 mm. however, as stated yesterday Intel representatives , requirements for processors from the side of OLPC are so specific that Intel will develop new architecture specially for this project. Small sizes, low cost and low energy consumption - here are basic requirements for OLPC class computers , and the existing Intel processors can not satisfy these parameters entirely .
Intel promises to tell in the beginning of April 2008 New details about the specially developed for OLPC processors , in spring session IDF 2008 in Shanghai.