Microsoft to launch second generation Surface tablet next year

&http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/37954.html ">nbsp; "Technology News" December 3, Microsoft released the Surface tablet computer this June. The Surface tablet, which runs the Windows RT operating system, has been sold since last month. Microsoft has also recently disclosed sales prices for Windows 8 Professional Edition Surface Tablet PCs. The tablet will start selling in January. Meanwhile, some rumours reveal details of some tablet computers that Microsoft will release in 2013.

Microsoft plans to launch the surface RT 2 Tablet PC in 2013, according to Ms_nerd, a Weibo publication. The tablet has a slightly smaller display size than the 10.6-inch Windows RT tablet. It is rumored that the tablet will be configured with a High-pass chipset. The current Windows RT tablet Configures the Nvidia four core Tegra 3 processor.

In addition, it is rumored that Microsoft also plans to launch a 11.6-inch display of the surface Pro 2 Tablet PC. The tablet will configure the Temash accelerator processor that AMD has not yet released. The current model Surface Pro tablet is configured with the third generation Intel Core i5 processor. This processor integrates the Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics card. Temash is a follow-up product of AMD Hondo chips. Both of these accelerated processors, which are designed for tablets, integrate the CPU and GPU cores on a single chip.

AMD has announced that it will showcase the prototype Temash Accelerator processor at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Fair. Products configured for this type of processor will be available later in 2013.

The last part of Ms_nerd Weibo mentions that Microsoft will launch the Surface Book notebook. The laptop will be configured with a 14.6-inch display and a "Haswell" chipset with Intel 22 nm. The key difference between the Intel Haswell chip and the Intel Ivy Bridge chip is that the former consumes 10 watts and the latter consumes 17 watts.