元器件交易網訊 5月7日消息，彭博社報道，據知情人士透露，微軟將在mini版Surface上首次采用高通芯片，終結了英偉達作為微軟平板芯片唯一供應商的局面。
該知情人士透露，
這一轉變對于英偉達將是一個打擊，其正努力為其Tegra移動處理器開拓手機和平板客戶。英偉達正試圖將其產品用在汽車上，作為信息和娛樂系統中心。
高通發言人Emily Kilpatrick、微軟發言人Jill Bailey及英偉達發言人Ken Brown都拒絕對此作出評論。
高通驍龍處理器和調制解調器幾乎用在了所有的暢銷智能手機，包括三星的Galaxy系列。高通想要重新搶奪手機和平板市場的主導地位。在這一市場上，蘋果采用了自家的芯片。而更廉價平板則是基于低成本的中國制造芯片。
彭博社去年6月曾報道微軟正在開發基于高通芯片的Surface平板。
微軟上個月發布了第三財季財報，包括Xbox和Surface在內的設備和消費機硬件業務收入為19.7億美元。
IDC市場調查報告顯示，2013年微軟Windows系統在平板軟件市場占據了3.4%的市場份額。而Surface在全球平板市場中的份額僅為1%。（元器件交易網劉光明 摘譯）
外媒原文如下：
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is planning to introduce a new, smaller version of its Surface that will use Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)processors for the first time, according to people with knowledge of the companies’ plans, a move that ends Nvidia (NVDA) Corp.’s run as a chip supplier to the tablet.
Microsoft will unveil the new device at an event in New York on May 20, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. Microsoft will also take the wraps off other new Surface models at the event, including ones powered by Intel Corp. processors, the people said. Microsoft previously had a version of Surface with Nvidia chips that use ARM Holdings
The world’s largest software maker is working to stoke sales of its tablets, which have so far failed to dent Apple Inc.’s dominance of the market. Microsoft’s new Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has repeatedly said he wants to turn the Redmond, Washington-based company into one that focuses on “mobile first, cloud first.” Since becoming CEO in February, Nadella has unveiled Office software for Apple’s iPad and updated Windows Phone mobile software.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors and modems are the basis for almost all of the top-selling smartphones, including
Mobile Customers
The switch is a blow to Nvidia, which has been attempting to find phone and tablet customers for its Tegra mobile processors. TheSanta Clara, California-based chipmaker is trying to repurpose the product for use in cars as the center of information and entertainment systems.
Emily Kilpatrick, a spokeswoman for San Diego-based Qualcomm, declined to comment, as did Jill Bailey, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, and Ken Brown, a spokesman at Nvidia.
Bloomberg News reported last June that Microsoft had started working on a Qualcomm-based Surface.
Microsoft last month reported that its fiscal third-quarter sales from devices and consumer hardware, including Xbox and Surface devices, rose to $1.97 billion, compared with an average analyst prediction of $1.95 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg First Word.
Yet Microsoft’s market share in tablets remains tiny. Microsoft’s Windows had 3.4 percent of the tablet software market in 2013, researcher IDC has said. For the Surface tablet, the share was 1 percent.
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