So there is a new platform ready for folks living in rural India. Aptly called the Community PC platform, it includes a budget Intel chip, specially designed motherboard and a some management software as well.

Intel Corp. launched Wednesday a low-power, rugged PC platform that has been developed to work in rural India’s extreme conditions.

The new platform, called the Community PC platform, includes a Celeron Mobile processor, management software and a specially designed motherboard, said Joydeep Bose, managing director of the emerging markets platform group at Intel (Profile, Products, Articles) India, in an interview Wednesday.

PC vendors in India, including HCL Infosystems Ltd. of Noida and Wipro Ltd. of Bangalore, will be making products around the Community PC platform, according to Bose. The pricing of the products would be decided by the PC vendors, he added.

The Community PC’s chassis has been designed to withstand dusty conditions, varying temperatures and high humidity, according to Intel. It has a removable dust filter and integrated air fan to regulate the motherboard’s temperature. Source: InfoWorld

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