According to Reuters, India recently developed the world's cheapest touch-screen pc, asking for 35 of dollars, mainly for the student market.
India's Minister of Human Resources Development, Kapil Sibal, said they had been negotiating with global manufacturers to prepare for the production of the PC. He said: "Today, the computer has reached a further development stage, its motherboard, chip, memory, display equipment, such as the total cost of not more than 35 U.S. dollars." ”
The equipment is developed by the research and development team of the Indian Institute of Technology, Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/17810.html, India, and other major technical institutes such as > University. It is based on Linux operating system, support Web browsing, PDF file reading and video conferencing functions, users can also according to their own needs for hardware configuration changes, add some new components.
Kapil Sibal said they planned to extend the PC to higher education in 2011, with the price lowered to $20 trillion in the future until $10 trillion.