Google has made public the names of computer manufacturers that have agreed to make machines that will run its forthcoming Chrome operating system.
Chrome OS – at least at first – will be designed to work with the smaller netbooks, and Acer, Asus, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, and Toshiba have already signed up.
Chrome should debut in the second half of 2010, with the code open sourced later this year. The software will, of course, be free.
Chrome is set to work with both Intel and Arm chips, and Texas Instruments and Qualcomm, both of whom make devices using Arm chips, have also signed onto the project.
