Microsoft has finally lifted the lid on Windows 8 on ARM, saying that it doesn't want ARM-based devices to be simply referred to as standard Windows systems with a different processor.



From Techradar:

Instead, Windows 8 on ARM (known at Microsoft as WOA) will give rise to a whole new type of PC according to the software giant. There are also some startling revelations about the Windows 8 ARM desktop, which you can read more about here. In a Mary Branscombe interview for TechRadar, Windows head Steven Sinofsky about the announcement. Windows on ARM, WOA, is a new member of the Windows family that is built on the foundation of Windows, Sinofsky told us. It has a high degree of commonality, a very significant amount of shared code with Windows 8.

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