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"The computing labs will be used to teach computer skills and office productivity (spreadsheets, word processing) as well as subjects like reading and math. X300 posits that since " the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computer's capacity," that capacity can be shared among multiple users. The underlying principle of the X300 system is that modern PCs are so powerful that they are typically very underutilized.
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USB devices plugged into the host PC can even be configured to be accessed by individual access devices. Each virtual desktop shares video, audio, keyboard, and mouse connections with an access device, enabling up to seven users use of a single PC simultaneously (six users via the access devices and one user on the host PC).
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Once the software is installed onto the host computer, up to seven virtual desktops can be configured. Keyboard, mouse, (optional) speakers, and display are plugged into each X300 access device (the display requires its own power supply as do powered speakers). The cards attach to X300 access devices via " standard Cat 5 UTP or Cat 6 STP cables"-the access devices use only one watt of power each and get that power from the Ethernet cable connections (no external power supply is needed for the access devices). Two X300 PCI host cards are installed into a host PC, with each card supporting up to three users. The system will utilize NComputing's X300 kit that essentially turns a PC into a virtual host. Get those images of a bunch of kids crowded around a single keyboard and display out of your heads-that's not how this system works. But instead of requiring one computer per user, the system being put in place, supplied by NComputing, will allow up to seven users simultaneous access to a single computer.
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is undertaking a " massive 5,000-school educational computing initiative" to build computer labs and give computer access to almost two million Indian children. How do you roll out computer access to 1.8 million students at $70 per seat? The answer: Virtualization.