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Microprocessor Company AMD has confirmed that they are cancelling their Personal Internet Communicator project.

AMD had launched this project with their vision of a low cost computer targeted at the developing world.

The Personal Internet Communicator device was first launched in 2004 as part of the company’s 50×15 project. The aim was to bring Internet access to half the world’s population by 2015.

The device was launched at a price of $185 and used AMD’s Geode processors. However, it was not a success and never helped AMD improve its bottom line.

The company has now confirmed that they are no longer pursuing this device’s development in a statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

However, the company is still engaged in a similar project named One Laptop Per Child started by MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte.