Dear All,
AA
Back in Nov 2006, at a conference organized by PASHA in Lahore, Bro Hasan Rizvi, from 5RiversTechnologies, demonstrated their tablet, (at that time we used to call it Palmtop) which they then aimed for $70 or less, and they wrote its OS named Alif, and they provided support to develop Urdu applications as well. Later, they contacted different universities, including LUMS and FAST Lahore convincing students to write different applications for their OS and provided kits and necessary HW as well.
Some how this wonderful and practical idea did not get through.
This was envisioned by Mr Ameer (pl correct me if I am wrong) who was co-founder of FiveRiversTechnologies and was US-based.
So, there is no dearth of ideas, visions and even successful prototypes, but why things don't take off?
We need more PakGrid(s) where ideas could be shared and more volunteers to support them.
Regards
Afzal
Hello Junaid,Issue is not designer (chip) as you said there are plenty of them. The key point here in Pakistan is that there is little to no facility to fabricate - ASIC chip and I am not talking about board design. You can have plenty of theoreticians and no experimentalist, under the circumstances country will achieve very little.There are several different paths including fabless manufacturing but still the first article for proof of concept and design refinement needs to be carried out before sending it of for fabrication.If anyone thinks otherwise and there are micro-fabrication facility ....please let me knowRegardsAMSent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] Bangladesh Made First Domestically Laptop
Such projects can be undertaken easily in Pakistan, given the chip design expertise available locally. When I conducted FPGA design workshop in Rawalpindi several years ago, I found some people very well grounded in chip design. I also visited a few private companies in Islamabad who were designing PCB's for some of their projects.JunaidOn Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:29 AM, ahmad waqas <aws_72@yahoo.com> wrote:
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From: Faisal Mateen <mateenfaisal@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:52 PM
Subject: [pakgrid] Bangladesh Made First Domestically Laptop
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