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		nowey on March 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $149 Chromebooks also thank the component manufacturers for finally selling their chips super cheap!

vincentkriek on March 31, 2015 [–]

Yeah, I think this is more because of Rockchip than because of Google. Rockchip manages to make a potent processor for very little, which is what is powering these. Google's volumes help as well but I would give more props to Rockchip

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