Loongson is a general purpose RISC processor. It is a 64-bit MIPS compatible processor, which is patented by MIPS Technologies.

A new RISC Netbook was (finally) released at CES2009. The LimeBook from Tsinghua Tongfang (THTF, China) Co. is an MPC5121e based Netbook.

Intel wants to launch two ULV (ultra low voltage) CPUs by the end of March this year.

Many people, I would say most of people, do not need high performance computers. Only a few people (like graphic designers) need powerful computers.