That chip, along with the custom charging circuitry developed by OLPC and Marvell means that the tablet can be charged byahand crank ata 10:1 ratio (10 minutes of usage time for every minute spent cranking), or by the optional four watt solar panel cover ata 2:1 ratio on sunny days.
People are having a hard time selling their houses, but I don't see a recession athand, so I want to stick by my relatively optimistic forecast overall.