It seems Microsoft doesn’t want to take any chances with rollouts of future Windows tablets. The company is reportedly asking a special favor of each chip maker with which it will be working on tablets. It wants the chip suppliers to each partner with one — or possibly two, according to some accounts — hardware maker, to which it will supply its chips. Chip makers Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments would each choose a company — Dell or Asus, for example — and work closely with that firm to produce the tablets.
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Matchmaker Microsoft Wants Tablet Hardware Makers to Couple Up
Posted by: Erika Morphy June 1, 2011 02:27 PMIt seems Microsoft doesn’t want to take any chances with rollouts of future Windows tablets. The company is reportedly asking a special favor of each chip maker with which it will be working on tablets. It wants the chip suppliers to each partner with one — or possibly two, according to some accounts — hardware maker, to which it will supply its chips. Chip makers Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments would each choose a company — Dell or Asus, for example — and work closely with that firm to produce the tablets.