[Arm-netbook] "smarter" phone

[Vladimir Pantelic]

Troy Benjegerdes wrote:

> So, how many of you will put down pre-orders for:
> 1) full-open software fairphone (pre-rooted, no blobs, full function)
> 2) open-source PCB fairphone
> 3) phone with open source software, PCB, AND silicon layout
>
> Number 2 could almost be done today.
>
> If there were 100,000 down-payments of $5USD for number 3, I would start
> negotiations with fabs for (3) and we'd probably have silicon in about
> 3-5 years.

you can make a new chip for just $500k?