To adapt to the rural environment India Intel community computer platform

Wednesday local time, in order to narrow the gap in the field of digital India and global, the world's biggest computer chip maker Intel launched a low energy computer platform in India. These new computer platforms can adapt to the extreme operating environment in rural India.

Intel (India) Company emerging market platform team general manager Joydeep Bose in an interview this Wednesday to accept the media said that the new platform called "community computer platform", including a Intel Celeron processor, management software and a temporary design board.

Bose said that India's computer makers, including HCL systems, Inc., Bangalore, and Wipro, which will also create a community computer platform, the price of the product will be determined by the computer manufacturer. Intel said that the design of the community computer motherboard will be able to withstand the dusty environment, changing temperatures and higher humidity. The design is equipped with dust filters and fans on the community computer platform to control the temperature of the motherboard.

Last year, Intel announced in India, Bangalore, a platform for the definition of the center (Platform Definition Center), plans to provide community computer platform in India and tested in rural India. This product will first appear in several rural markets in India. Bose said that the energy provided by the community computer platform used in parts of the car to use the battery to provide energy for the computer, energy supply in rural areas of India is a very common problem. Intel will also release the definition of community computer products and the interface to the peripheral device manufacturers, their products will consume lower energy consumption.

Many multinational companies and local companies in India, including the world's largest software maker, Microsoft Corp, have announced plans to provide IT and Internet services to India's vast rural areas, with 70% of the population living in rural areas in India. Last week, Intel and Microsoft Corp announced a "supply chain", which aims to narrow the gap between India and the world in the digital world by offering low-cost computers to the India market.

Intel on Wednesday also announced a program called Jagruti, the company will cooperate and enterprise, government, Internet and online service providers, through the establishment of community booths to rural communities in India to provide more opportunities for economic development and social interaction. Bose said: we are trying to create an ecosystem to launch services in rural India, we have about 30 partners, including non-governmental organizations, application developers and content providers."

Nongovernmental organizations and manufacturers and suppliers have typically promoted community facilities such as Internet kiosks in rural India, which will be owned by the community or run by community service providers.