WorldWide
Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.
Samsung, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba working on Windows RT devices.
Qualcomm Inc is
providing chips for new devices from Dell Incand Samsung Electronics Co. that
run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows RT operating system, people familiar with the
matter said.
The newest
version of Windows, to be released in October, will be the first to work with
chips based on the ARM Holdings PLC architecture, not just those from
traditional partners Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Microsoft and
system makers are turning to makers of ARM-based chips--used in most
smartphones and tablets--to make inroads against Apple Inc.'s iPad,
which continues to dominate the market.Both Dell and Samsung are working on
tablets that run on Qualcomm's application processors, people familiar with the
matter said.
The Dell product
is a notebook that converts to a tablet, one of the people said.
Other details
weren't immediately known. Microsoft and its hardware partners have said
products will be unveiled as the market approaches the Windows 8 and Windows RT
launch.Qualcomm dominates the smartphone market, but it has had some setbacks
with Windows RT.
PC giant
Hewlett-Packard Co. was working with Qualcomm on a Windows RT
device, but it said in June that it had set aside immediate plans for the new
technology. Instead, H-P said it would focus on Intel-powered tablets for
business users. And Microsoft chose to use processors from Nvidia Corp. when
it created its self-branded tablet, dubbed Surface.
Some PC makers have privately complained about
the lack of software and other aspects of adopting Windows RT, including the
question of consumer demand for the product. Adding to the challenges for
companies considering Windows RT is Microsoft's push to make its own hardware.
The Surface announcement is believed to have surprised and angered computer
makers, which now face the prospect of competing with their software partner.
Microsoft on Monday provided some new details
about the development of devices that use Windows RT including discussing which
PC makers are working on tablets. The company has limited the number of
computer designers who could work with chip makers for an initial release of
Windows RT tablets. Nvidia has been working with Asustek Computer Inc. and
Lenovo Group Ltd. according to people familiar with the matter.
The final
Windows RT chip supplier, Texas Instruments Inc. , has been working with
Toshiba Corp. on Windows RT devices, with the two earlier this year
demonstrating a tablet. Questions about the device emerged following
Microsoft's blog post Monday that left Toshiba off the list of Windows RT
tablet partners.
A Toshiba
spokesman said the company plans to release a statement later Monday. TI,
meanwhile, said its Windows RT development and collaboration with Microsoft are
"still going strong."
Source: Marketwatch.
No comments:
Post a Comment