The first wave of Intel-based Windows 8 tablets are expected to start being sold in November of this year.
Windows 8, like Windows 7 before it, is due to be powered by chips from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices and will be able to run older, so-called "legacy" applications.
A separate release from Microsoft, Windows RT, will land on devices powered by ARM chip suppliers Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments. RT will not run older Windows applications.
Intel also has a chip called "Bay Trail" in the works -- the company's future 22-nanometer follow-up to Clover Trail.
"It is a gigantic performer, with similar battery life to Clover Trail. It will also have a lot of security features built in and Infineon [3G/4G] silicon inside," according to Techradar.
When that chip will arrive isn't clear yet.
Microsoft have been promoting tablet computers for the for nearly a decade, and seeing the success of the iPad I'm sure will make them very upset.
But Microsoft are persistent as we have seen before, and windows 8 tablets will be released later this year. An example of this, was seen at CES from Lenovo - called the Yoga - is a wrap-around convertible tablet that becomes an ultraportable laptop. Hands on: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga review.
Microsoft has now released the Consumer Preview of Windows 8, so you can see what you think.
The Windows 8 release date is late 2012, so let's see what Windows 8 tablets will have in store for us.
After it confirmed that it was to keep making PCs in late October 2011, HP also said it would be making Windows 8 tablets. Its not the only one - techradar even said that there will be 32 Windows 8 tablets by the end of 2012.
Entry level slates are rumored to cost around $300 - although not everybody believes that price point would make sense.
"We're not leading the charge on Windows 8, but as we become comfortable that [Windows 8] is a viable ecosystem [and] that the quality of innovation and quality of services and quality of capabilities [are] being delivered there, we will certainly be open to that," he said in response to a question.
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