Latest Chrome OS Rumor Has It Shipping This Month (in China)
Latest Chrome OS Rumor Has It Shipping This Month (in China)
Posted 10/01/2009 at 8:00am
| by Paul Lilly
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Citing "sources in China," Shanzai.com is reporting that devices powered by the Chinese-designed Loongson CPU could come with Google's Chrome OS pre-installed as early as this month. If true, that would put the OS on the market well before Google said it would be ready.
Google won't release a full version of Chrome OS until next year, but they do intend to roll out a preview version sometime this year, which at least makes the rumor plausible. The devices would run a MIPS-based processor (Loongson), which currently powers a custom version of Linux called Loonux. Loonson isn't a x86 processor, so it can't run Windows. And since Loonux hasn't been particularly well received, Google's Chrome OS suddenly becomes an attractive option, even if only in a preview state.
We'll believe it when we see it.
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