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New Chip Offers Virtual Windows Desktops, On TVs

Posted by timothy on from the and-nothin'-on dept.

angry tapir writes "Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet. The Numo chip contains a dual-core processor based on an ARM design that will allow devices to run Windows multimedia applications when connected to a host machine like a desktop or server. The setup uses the company's Vspace software on host machines to set up remote devices as virtual desktops."

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  1. Windows apps? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications

    I guess TVs have been reliable for so long someone got bored and asked "how can we totally through a wrench in this?", and the answer was "I know -- let's bring the misery of windows to the TV!". Losers.

  2. Micro == mini!? by macraig · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now my personal microcomputer is becoming a time-shared minicomputer again...? Should I dig out my corduroy bell-bottom pants, too?

  3. Re:Herr Kontroller in Redmond... by bami · · Score: 3, Funny

    But imagine a BSOD at 1080p! Hi-def kernel panics!

    We're entering into a new era of error processing!