Wednesday, 14 September 2011

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Microsoft Wows BUILD Crowd with Windows 8 on Quad-Core NVIDIA Tegra Tablet

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Microsoft today painted a radical vision of computing's future, demonstrating several Windows 8 features running on a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra-powered tablet.

Speaking at the company's BUILD developer conference in Anaheim, Calif., Mike Angulio, Microsoft's VP of Windows planning, demonstrated:

  • Windows 8 devices' ability to instantly switch on and off
  • The new Windows 8 user interface, designed to work equally well with both touch-based tablets and keyboard/mouse-based PCs
  • New applications, mostly written in HTML5, which are always running in the background
  • Platform agnostic applications (running on both ARM and x86)
The NVIDIA quad-core “Project Kal-El”-powered
tablet is on the left.

The Windows 8 demos underscore how Microsoft is reimagining the PC experience to encompass portable, low-power devices that many believe represent the future of computing. Microsoft is embracing the future by supporting energy-efficient ARM processors like Tegra and the convergence of desktop and mobile devices.

We've supported Microsoft in their ARM ecosystem efforts by providing the world's first quad-core ARM development platform, tools and deep engineering support. With more than 15 years of experience working with Windows, NVIDIA is the only semiconductor company with expertise in both Windows and ARM environments.

Windows 8 will take advantage of hardware
acceleration natively

In addition, Anguilo emphasized that all Windows 8 applications will feature hardware accelerated graphics. He said that developers will not need to do additional work to support hardware acceleration – they can just write the applications, and they will automatically take advantage of graphics on both ARM and x86 platforms.

NVIDIA and Microsoft are helping transform the industry. When Windows 8 is released, I expect to see radically new lightweight and affordable Windows 8 notebooks and tablets that offer days of battery life and stunning HD graphics thanks to their Tegra processor.

So get ready for a sea change in the PC industry. That's good news for the global economy, and it's great news for consumers.

Dive Into Windows 8 With NVIDIA Developer Program

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Developers: We speak your language, and we want to help you create something amazing for Windows 8.

Here at Microsoft's BUILD conference in Anaheim, Calif., NVIDIA has announced our new Windows 8 Developer Program, which will provide folks with developer tools and resources to make it easier to build applications for a multitude of Windows 8 devices

For years, our developer relations program has been regarded among the best in the industry. We've worked with a "who's who" list of developers and have touched the source code in thousands of applications. Today, we're bringing that same level of commitment and experience to Windows 8 development.

NVIDIA's quiver includes tools, utilities, samples and SDKs that are designed to help developers create Windows apps that run on both ARM and x86 silicon. With 15 years of experience in the Windows environment and as one of the leading suppliers of ARM chips for Android devices, NVIDIA is uniquely suited to help developers with their ARM or x86-based software development needs.

If you're a developer, please register for the program by going to http://developer.nvidia.com/windows-8 or by visiting the NVIDIA booth (Hall D, Booth #3) at the BUILD conference, located in the Partner Expo. Swing by our booth to see our DirectX, DirectCompute, Parallel Computing and HTML5 resources. We look forward to seeing you and working with you soon.
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