Microsoft Plans To Tie IC-Makers To One-Tablet-Per-IC-Design
June 2, 2011
In probably the most outrageous initiative since Wintel to control the semiconductor industry, Microsoft is said to be planning to give incentives to chip makers who make ICs for tablets using Windows 8, to confine their ICs to a single tablet design.
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