So, ten years ago, AMD has put a cross on the idea of creating a compact desktop computer PIC, which would provide half of the world's population access to the global information network resources. It is now clear that it does not need a device resembling a case of the old Soviet shaver .
As Reuters reports, "the court analysts' UN forecast that by the end of the year half of the world's population will enjoy access to a global information network - about three and a half billion people will have this capability. However, while this figure is not reached, a little less than four billion people remain "behind" the World Wide Web. Most of them are concentrated in the emerging economies, as the advanced economies of the global network covers 80% of the population. In poorer countries, this figure ranges from 15% to 40%. In some African countries, for example, only one in ten has access to the Internet.
The world's poorest countries by the level of networks telecommunications development correspond to indicators that developed countries had achieved in 1998. The high cost of cellular communication and underdeveloped network infrastructure are the main causes of this state of affairs.