These days, $9 won't even buy a movie ticket and barely covers lunch. But it could get you a computer. A new microcomputer called Chip from the Oakland-based company Next Thing Co. has become all the ...

OAKLAND — Last year, a West Oakland startup called Next Thing Co. raised more than $2 million from more than 39,000 people around the world to create a low-cost computer called C.H.I.P. But if you ...

Chip is a bona fide Kickstarter hit. But the tiny computer’s implications go far beyond the novelty of a cheap computer. Over the years, a number of ultra-cheap computers have popped up–in fact, a ...

If the Raspberry Pi is still too expensive for your inner cheapskate, there's a new contender on the block, and its makers are hawking it as the first-ever $9 computer. It's called CHIP, and it is a ...

If you need a computer about the size of a credit card, look no further. The CHIP is a $9 single-board computer that runs Linux and can do just about anything you want it to… including play Quake. The ...

Raspberry Pi has new competition in the ultra-budget computer universe. CHIP purports to be the world's first $9 computer and its run on Kickstarter is coming to a close after raising over $2 million, ...

OAKLAND, Calif.—Earlier this year, Next Thing Co. announced a $9 Linux computer. But for one day only, the price will fall to just $8, starting at 7am Eastern Time on November 30. Still, the cost of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Who wants a $9 computer? A lot of people. While Apple may produce wildly sleek laptops and desktops for those with thousands of dollars to spend, people with considerably smaller ...

A crowdfunded project to bring to market a $9 computer has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 to raise over $500,000 in a few days. The project, called C.H.I.P., is a Linux-powered computer that's ...

Case in point: C.H.I.P., a $9 computer that’s raising money on Kickstarter right now. With more than $1.1 million in funds raised with just over three weeks to go, the campaign to finance an ultra-low ...