Intel Accuses Microsoft Of Chancing Its ARM

Intel says Microsoft’s mobile ARM chip strategy will fork Windows 8. Is this the end of the Wintel wonderland?

Cracks are appearing in the cosy ‘Wintel’ relationship between Microsoft and Intel, following the software giant’s decision to go with ARM chips for its mobile devices.

During a company investor meeting, Intel executive Renée James claimed that the next version of the Microsoft operating system, Windows 8, will be produced in two versions tailored to run on Intel and ARM processors. According to a Bloomberg report, she then speculated that while Intel chips will run existing Windows programs designed for earlier versions of the operating system, the ARM-based version will not.

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