Intel Inside: Samsung’s Windows 8 tablet that’ll be shown next week runs on an Intel chip
Posted on 10. Sep, 2011 by Albert Madison in Tablets
Microsoft head of Windows Steven Sinofsky at Windows 8 event. Image: Microsoft
Microsoft is scheduled to show off their upcoming Windows 8 operating system on a tablet next week, possibly a Samsung manufactured tablet PC, at the BUILD developers conference in California.
During the live demo of Windows 8 on a tablet PC, the head of Windows development at Microsoft Steven Sinofsky, is expected to show a tablet PC that’s running on one of Intel’s processors and not ARM. The tablet PC that Sinofsky is said to demo is supposed to be a Samsung branded tablet PC.
In the past there has been a big fuss about Windows 8 being the first major Windows release that has support for ARM processors, the absence of ARM in the demo tablet PC being used at BUILD is concerning. Is ARM ready for Windows 8?
By going with an Intel chip for their first in-depth demo of Windows 8 on a tablet Microsoft is taking the safe route, Intel chips have powered Windows tablet PC’s for years now. Intel has a strong selection of processors that can be used on low-power computers and high-end computers too.
There is no word on which class of processor will be running on the proposed Samsung tablet PC, I’d like to see Microsoft have it running on a low-power chip like an Atom or Core ULV processor. I’d like to see Microsoft do that because those are probably going to be the tablet PC’s that most people will buy due to cost (full-voltage Intel chips are still very expensive and will drive up the cost of a tablet PC).
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Trini
12. Sep, 2011
I think it is a great idea that Microsoft is starting with Intel. Firstly, as far as I know, Intel’s processors are not in any tablets, so this great way for Intel to start to compete in the tablet market, as they want to. Also Windows 8 on an Intel chip is tried and true, so they don’t have to worry about any bugs with the processor.
Windows 8 on an ARM processor is not fully tested so it will be risky to bring out a Windows 8 tablet on a ARM chip, even a demo version will not be good PR for Microsoft if they are to compete in the tablet market with Windows 8.
Good, but safe, initial move.