"Third party" Win8 help push arm into the server?

February 29, Microsoft is likely to release the "Personal consumer Preview" version of the Windows 8 operating system on the World Mobile Communications Conference (Congress). Windows 8 is a big bet for Microsoft because the system will make a radical change to the look of Windows and add a built-in store that sells entirely new types of applications. More importantly, Windows 8 will support not only the AMD and Intel chips traditionally used by Windows, but also the arm processors that are typically used in Android phones and Tablet PCs.

Microsoft has been the dominant software sector, Intel is the chip market No.1, Microsoft and Intel's "marriage" has been for more than 30 years, Microsoft's release of each operating system, has pushed the market for more powerful Intel chips demand, the two major technology giants gain the majority of the PC industry profits, Now arm to join quite a bit of "third party involved" flavor.

With the rapid development of mobile terminals, the growth of the PC market is slowing down, the dominance has now been shaken. Apple's iphone, ipad and mobile phones that use Google's Android operating system have created a huge market for simple mobile apps, further making these handsets more popular. ARM chip power Consumption is very low, can extend the cell phone battery life, which also gives it a high-speed development opportunities.

In the server market, although the ARM server has not yet launched 64-bit architecture of the processor, but its ambition to enter the server market has been known as Sima. At present, although Microsoft says Windows Server 8 will not launch the ARM version, and Windows Server stopped supporting 32-bit processors as early as 2008, the support for Windows Server is a matter of time.

As more vendors start using lower-energy arm processors in mobile devices, the architecture's offerings have received widespread attention over the years. Some industry observers believe the chips will also be used in data centers to conserve energy, and that such chips will be produced and supported by Windows Server. It can be said that in the next few years Intel in the server chip market, will also face the arm of another "meddle."

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