Microsoft partners up for wireless progress
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft Corp., working to establish itself in the wireless world, is busy forging partnerships with chip makers and carriers. Last week, the Redmond, Wash., company and silicon manufacturer ARM Ltd. announced that Motorola Inc., STMicroelectronics N.V. and NeoMagic Corp. will develop ARM-based processors optimized for Microsoft's Windows CE .Net platform for mobile devices.
The processors, due by year's end, include the Motorola DragonBall processor, currently prevalent in devices that run Palm Inc.'s Palm OS. These companies join such other businesses as Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Intel, Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., which already build ARM-based processors that support Windows CE.