Microsoft hosts silicon makers at Redmond confab

MS-Watch | at | by Mike

Goal: Spread the embedded Windows CE gospel among leading chip makers and partners. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Microsoft's embedded devices group is hosting a private event for chip makers and a few key integration partners aimed at providing them with an update on Redmond's Windows CE 4.2-based technologies.

At its second annual ARM summit, Microsoft and its chip partners will provide roadmaps and demonstrations of its Smartphone, Pocket PC PDAs, home-network gateways, voice-over-IP (VOIP) phones, set-top boxes, Media2Go portable media player and other products that embed the Windows CE operating system.