Microsoft reveals ARM-powered Windows 8 prototypes (eyes-on)

Remember how Microsoft unveiled that whole ” Windows 8 ” thing earlier today? It’s back for more : here at Computex 2011 in Taipei, prototype ARM-based Windows 8 slates and smartbooks are popping out of the woodwork. Foxconn, Wistron and Quanta all unveiled early hardware for the brand new OS, with chips from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA powering their live tiles — including NVIDIA’s upcoming Kal-El , which got both a tablet and a brilliant-slim prototype notebook to name its own. Dell’s also got a XPS development station up on stage, which Microsoft used to demo the UI — it’s bulky and unpleasant as such things are, however it means that Dell’s also prone to have a transportable Windows 8 machine in the future. For its part, Qualcomm is promising a chip that may instantly wake from sleep, and one of several devices showed that USB host support works fine and dandy. Unfortunately, none of those machines will make their solution to market, but it’s nice to grasp that the OEMs care enough to teach their solidarity here.

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