Microsoft to Hand Out ARM Chip Test Machines in Windows 8 Push
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Microsoft Corp. will begin handing out test versions of Windows 8 computers running chips with ARM Holdings Plc’s technology, part of its push to release devices that can compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet.
Microsoft wants ARM-based devices to go on sale at the same time as computers sporting chips from Intel Corp. The ARM-based test computers, featuring chips made by Qualcomm Inc., Texas Instruments Inc. and Nvidia Corp., will go to partners and software developers in the next several weeks, Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky said in an interview.