‘$100 laptop’ group teams with Intel

The nonprofit that aims to seed the developing world with inexpensive laptop computers for schoolchildren has made peace with Intel Corp., the project’s most powerful rival.

The One Laptop Per Child program and Intel said Friday that the chip maker would join the board of the nonprofit and contribute funding.

The nonprofit effort -- known as the “$100 laptop” because of the low price it hopes to reach with mass production -- has been trying to line up governments in several countries to buy the machines

But Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, the world’s largest microchip maker, has recently began selling its own child-focused Classmate PC, which is a more conventional machine.

Under their partnership, Intel and One Laptop Per Child might seek ways to package their computers together for overseas governments.