Microsoft Shows Off New Quad-core Tablet
Move over, dual-core Galaxy Tab. Microsoft's got a quad-core tablet in its arsenal.
Microsoft is currently holding its TechEd conference in New Zealand and where there's a conference there's usually a whiff of upcoming products, too. TechEd hasn't disappointed us, either, as Redmond this week gave attendees a sneak peek at an upcoming Windows tablet that's packing a quad-core processor.
ZDNet reports that during the company's “Windows device session,” Microsoft Enterprise Strategist Jeff Johnson talked about the company’s tablet strategy and offered those in the audience a glimpse of two upcoming Windows tablets. The second tablet is said to have been thicker than the first and boasted a removable battery, but that's not really much to go on. The first tablet, however, Johnson described as a quad-core Windows slate that the company plans to announce at an upcoming Microsoft event. He didn't say much else, but it was enough to set tongues wagging.
This event Johnson is referring to is thought to be Redmond's BUILD conference set for next month and the device in question is believed to be a Windows 8 device. There's also rumors that Microsoft will be giving units away to paying attendees at BUILD so they could develop apps for Windows 8. September is just around the corner, so stay tuned!
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If they can get the dev support for this tablet and its using Nvidia Tegra 3 it might just be a winner.
About time they put out a quad core & I agree with the dudes comments before me.
Made by Fujitsu, check the infinity logo on the base.
Not a big surprise as they recently licensed ARM‘s Cortex A15 cores and Mali GPU technology and the two companies have been collaborating for over 10 years. More recently, Fujitsu Semiconductor launched sales of its FM3 family equipped with the Cortex-M3 processor last November.
Let's hope the icons are big as I don't think Win7 works well on a tablet with the default icon sizes. From what I've seen, they've gone this route.
Just got a HP Touchpad and I'm impressed. Shame on the reviewers who have negged it for differences here and there of a few percent compared to the iPad. It's very good IMO.
I got a TouchPad in the sales and well and can see that tablets are worth the money invested as they are quite useful. I find myself using it daily which is something I didn't do with my Netbook. Although the lack of apps for it disappoints me. I'll be getting a quad-core tablet next year for sure. Probably a Asus Transformer 2 unless something else amazing comes out.