Bloomberg is reportingthat Microsoft is planning to give its Surface RT tablet an redevelopment using chips from Qualcomm .
According to“people with cognition of the caller ’s plans ” some new rendering of the tablet will used Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon processor — rather than Nvidia ’s Tegra 3 chip which currently drives the machine . Once reservoir , however , suggest that Nvidia will remain a supplier for the Surface RT .
That make it indecipherable whether the chips will be used side - by - side , or if the Qualcomm silicon — perhaps theSnapdragon 800 — will land in a more powerful tablet . The latter would probably see the current Tegra 3 - powered pad of paper remain as a budget option , if the sources are to be believe .
https://gizmodo.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-800-benchmarks-this-thing-has-a-fa-514245637
Regardless of what impact the move has on the product , it ’s a exculpated denotation that Microsoft is incisive to pursue its current interest in ARM C.P.U. for the portable market . Whether or not an shot of novel silicon can allow the shot in the arm that the poor Surface pauperization , though , rest to be date . [ Bloomberg ]
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