Microsoft plans to unveil a version of its operating software that runs for the first time on processors designed by UK-based ARM Holdings, a leading financial daily and a newswire reported. ARM’s processors dominate the tablet and handheld device market. Microsoft intends to announce a version of its operating system to run on ARM chip architecture, which competes with the “x86” designs favored by Intel , the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the plans as saying.
It was unclear when such an operating system might come to market, but the US software maker could claim lost ground in tablets and other battery-powered mobile devices by forging a new partnership with ARM. Microsoft and ARM declined to comment.
Microsoft said on Tuesday that more than 1.5 million cellphones carrying Windows Phone 7 operating software have sold in the first six weeks of launch, meeting what the company called “realistic” expectations.
Windows Phone 7 may be Microsoft’s last chance to establish a major presence in a hot cellphone market now dominated by Apple and Google, analysts say. The sales numbers were disclosed for the first time by Achim Berg, vice-president of business for Windows phones.
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