Lemote

Information appliance
title = Lemote


manufacturer = Menglan Group
type = Personal Computer
connectivity = 10/100M Ethernet
media = 40-60GB IDE hard disk
operatingsystem = Debian Linux
input = Keyboard
camera =
power =
cpu = Loongson III 64 bit CPU
memory = 256MB DDR SDRAM
display =
dimensions = 14 x 17 cm

Lemote (Chinese: 龙梦; pinyin: lóng mèng; literally "Dragon Dream") is a low-cost computer being developed as a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology.

History

The Lemote computer is a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and China's [http://www.ict.ac.cn Institute of Computing Technology] (ICT). The Institute of Computing Technology is participating in the project under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new computer was announced by Zhang Fuxin, an ICT engineer. According to Zhang Fuxin, the purpose of this project is to provide everyone with a personal computer. [http://www.ict.ac.cn/en/ Chinese Institute of Computing Technology] The project plans to sell 100,000 low-cost computers in 2006. The Lemote is intended for low income groups as well as rural area students [http://www.menglan.com/ Menglan Group: Market the Longmen] . The Lemote mengloong laptop is currently used and recommended by Richard Stallman [http://guiodic.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/richard-stallman-interview/ Interview with Richard Stallman] , who cites as a reason its use of exclusively free software.

Fuloong 2E technology

The reference hardware specifications as of October 28th 2006 are:
*Dimensions: 18.8 x 14.5 cm
*CPU: Loongson 2E (Godson) 64 bit CPU, integrated DDR controller
*CPU clock speed 667 MHz (64KB cache level Godson RISC Instruction Set)
*VIA VT82C686B southbridge
*256MB DDR SDRAM
*40-60 GB IDE hard disk
*Realtek 8139D network adaptor，10/100Mbit/s
*Four USB ports,
*Power source:
**unspecified Micro-ATX power supply [ [http://www.lemote.com/products/ss_fulong.html 整机产品-福珑2E迷你电脑（热卖中）-中科龙梦-龙芯产业化基地 ] ]

oftware

Lemote ships with Debian GNU/Linux (called “Debian Linux” at the web site) on hda1 and [http://openrays.org/ Rays Linux] on hda4 as its operating systems. But any linux distribution which has a mipsel port can be installed, e.g. Gentoo Linux.

Pricing

The Lemote is being designed to cost 1,015 Chinese yuan, 100 Euro, 131 United States dollars.

Latest Fuloong 2f model

Latest [http://www.lemote.com/products/ss_fuloong2f.html Fuloong 2f computer] is released on 30 June 2008. It's priced at 1800Chinese yuan(257 United States dollars, 163 Euro).

Technology details

*Dimensions: 19 x 14.5 x 3.7 cm
*CPU: Loongson 2F Processor at 1GHz, with DDR2 controller
*AMD CS5536 south bridge
*512MB DDR2 SDRAM
*80 GB IDE hard disk
*XGA V2 Video card, 32MB video RAM, with VGA, DVI and S-video ports
*Realtek RTL 8110SC 1000Mbit/s network controller ethernet
*Four USB ports,
*Infrared receiver
*Power source:
**unspecified Micro-ATX power supply
*Operating system: Xinhua Hualay Rays 2.0, which is a linux distribution which supports MIPS architecture. It also works fine with most Debian-like OSs. [ [http://www.lemote.com/products/ss_fuloong2f.html 整机产品-福珑2F迷你电脑-中科龙梦-龙芯产业化基地 ] ]

ee also

*XO-1 (laptop), also called the $100 Laptop Project
*Classmate PC, a low cost machine developed by Intel
*Digital Textbook a South Korean Project that intends to distribute tablet notebooks to elementary school students.
*Tianhua GX-1C, part of a line of affordable machines developed by Sinomanic in China
*Simputer is an earlier project to construct cheap handheld computers in India
*VIA pc-1 Initiative a project of VIA Technologies to help bridge the digital divide.
*Wizzy Digital Courier: Internet access for rural schools via USB stick
*Edubuntu: A free Linux distribution designed specifically for use in schools and home classrooms
*Diamond Age: A fictional work in which the millions of female children of China are given small educating computers.

References

External links

*en icon [http://www.lemote.com/english/ Lemote website]
*zh icon [http://www.ict.ac.cn/ Chinese Institute of Computing Technology]
*zh icon [http://www.menglan.com/ Menglan Group: Marketers the Longmeng]
*zh icon [http://www.cas.ac.cn/ Chinese Academy of Sciences]
*en icon [http://english.cas.cn/ Chinese Academy of Sciences]
*en icon [http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11390-005-0243-6 SpringerLink Journal Catalog: Microarchitecture of the Godson-2 Processor]
*zh icon [http://www.yellowsheepriver.org/index_e.htm Yellow Sheep River: Municator] - also uses a Godson processor

News articles (by date)

*en icon [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/15/bloomberg/sxlaptop.php Herald Tribune courtesy of Bloomberg News: Rural laptop to cost $187, with Linux] - March 15, 2006
*en icon [http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/14/content_4304048.htm Xinhua: China to produce low-cost computers of its own] - March, 3 2006
*en icon [http://www.virtual-china.org/2007/01/lemote_loongson.html Virtual China on the Lemote Box] - January, 7th 2007