CNET News Business Tech Asus, Acer, Toshiba to unveil Windows 8, RT tablets Windows tablets from Asus and Toshiba at Computex should tell us more about the progress of Windows RT. 
by Brooke Crothers May 31, 2012 11:42 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec 
A Texas Instruments-based Windows RT tablet. To date, all Windows tablets running on ARM chips have been behind glass. (Credit:Brooke Crothers)Asus, Acer, and Toshiba will roll out a mix oftablets based on both Windows 8 and Windows RT at the hardware-centric Computex trade show next week, according to Bloomberg.
Windows 8 will run on chips from Intel, while Windows RT is powered by ARMchips from Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments.
Related storiesWindows RT devices will see limited release initiallyIntel Windows 8 tablets to hit retail stores in NovemberIntel's 'Clover Trail' to pair up with Windows 8 for tabletsIntel's Windows 8 tablet: Checklist goes publicOneAsus tablet uses an Nvidia chip, according to Bloomberg. CNET reported earlier in the month that Asus and Lenovo are expected to bring out Windows RT tablets built around Nvidia Tegra 3 chips.
A Windows RT-based Toshiba tablet is using Texas Instruments' silicon, according to Bloomberg.
This jibes with what sources have told CNET. Only a handful of Windows RT devices will be released initially from vendors such as Asus, Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo, and possibly Hewlett-Packard, as Microsoft wades slowly into new Windows waters. Windows RT is the first mainstream desktop-class Microsoft OS to run on ARM processors.
One of the burning questions is whether conference goers will actually be able to use the devices. To date, Windows RT tablets displayed at trade shows and conferences have been inaccessible -- always encased in glass.
Acer, meanwhile, will show a Windows 8 device running on top of an Intel chip, according to Bloomberg. And Asus will show off a second device based on an Intel chip.
Separately, here's (below) an Asus teaser that appears to be showing a device that runs both Windows andAndroid.
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