Computing devices for all: Creating and selling the low-cost computer

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 11-20

  Fonseca, Rodrigo ^a   Pal, Joyojeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing regions; ICT; Low cost computing

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; COMPUTING DEVICES; DIRECT ACCESS; DISTRIBUTION PROCESSES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MODERN COMPUTING; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNICATION; COSTS; FINANCE; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 47649108703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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