Microsoft Kicking iPad with 'Window On ARM'

Bangalore: Microsoft ‘Windows 8’ is determined to dominate the PC market in the upcoming years. Microsoft’s hardware partners might use the low powered ARM chipset to compete with iPad in terms of longer battery life as in January 2011 Microsoft had announced that Windows 8 would run on ARM ‘system on chip’, but it was bit shocking when Windows 8 prototype products were launched only with Intel processor at Consumer Electronics Show 2012.   

Microsoft’s chief, Steven Sinofsky wrote the company’s plan in a blog post which states, “Microsoft is now planning for Windows 8 on the low powered ARM processor, to compete with the iPad and most other tablets which run on ARM processors”. Here are some details related to Windows 8 for ARM processor.

1. A Separate Windows of ARM

Microsoft has created a separate version of Windows for ARM processors called as ‘Windows on ARM (WOA).’ The new operating system is especially for the PCs with ARM processors. WOA is not same as Windows 8; it’s a new member to the Windows family like Windows Server, Windows Embedded, or Windows Phone. It has some commonality and shares some significant code with windows 8.