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Microsoft veteran recalls failed Windows on Arm push with Nvidia

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A former Microsoft executive, Steven Sinofsky, reminisced about a previous attempt to run Windows on ARM processors, specifically highlighting a 2010 demonstration of Windows running on Nvidia's Tegra chip. This historical context is shared amid current excitement for new Nvidia and Arm-based Windows laptops, suggesting a potential repeat of past ambitions. Despite initial enthusiasm and partnerships with companies like Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, the prior Windows on ARM push did not achieve widespread success, with the Surface RT launching over a year after the initial demonstration. AI

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Microsoft veteran recalls failed Windows on Arm push with Nvidia

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Microsoft veteran recalls the last time Nvidia and Arm was the future of Windows — shares a video of ‘the first time Windows ran on Nvidia Tegra Arm’ from 2010

    Microsoft veteran Steven Sinofsky is here to remind folks that excitement about a new PC era fueled by Nvidia and Arm culminated in the Surface RT 16 years ago.

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