You win some, you lose some. Microsoft this week dropped support for ARM processors from its Surface tablets with the Surface 3, but adoption of the chip architecture in Chromebooks is growing.

Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for laptops and other computers that use ARM chips. Called WOA (for Windows on ARM), the Windows 8 variation is still ...

Windows RT tablets may have underwhelming sales, and some people believe RT is on a death watch, but a top Windows executive said today that Microsoft won’t abandon RT-based tablets and the ARM ...

Intel is speeding up the release of tablet chips in an attempt to close the power and performance gap with ARM, which dominates the tablet market, analysts said this week. Intel said this week that it ...

Valve is quietly building the foundations for a world where full-fat PC games no longer live only on x86 desktops and handhelds, but also on phones, tablets, and other Arm hardware. Instead of chasing ...

One big Windows 8 mystery to date is Windows for ARM based tablets. Formerly known as Windows on ARM (or WOA), the company recently settled on Windows RT as the official name for Windows 8 on low-cost ...

Microsoft has found a face-saving way to put a dent in its stacks of unshipped Surface RTs: The company has confirmed it will sell the ARM-based tablet to students at a steep discount starting later ...

Intel's new fourth generation Core processors (Haswell) included low power Systems on Chip (SOCs) that are being used in thin tablets without fans, a first for the Core series. These Haswell-based ...

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