Although the "system-on-chip" with the ARM-architecture now associated mostly with smartphones and tablets, manufacturers of such decisions tend to expand their scope. For example, Qualcomm and NVIDIA really expect to use their SoC in the "big" mobile computers running the operating system, Windows 8 , currently under development in the bowels of Microsoft. In this context, particular interest is the reference site PC World plans to release quad-core Qualcomm's proprietary version of the processor Snapdragon S4, designed specifically for this type of PC.



According to senior vice president of Qualcomm Rob Chandhok (Rob Chandhok), which refers to the source of the line quad-core Snapdragon S4 will enable manufacturers to build mobile computers that will be noticeably lighter and thinner than the famous MacBook Air from Apple and the same ultrabuki, and can compete with Intel and AMD. In addition, the use of these chips in laptops running Windows 8 will bring them additional functionality, such as support for cellular networks of the fourth generation, and these are expected by the end of SoC this year.

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