Journal prostoalex's Journal: Microsoft to develop own chips

Microsoft is looking into developing its own chips due to challenges presented by the next generation XBox and technologies like voice recognition. NYT reports: "Microsoft is exploring hardware design now in part because of a new set of tools that will make it possible to test ideas quickly, he said. The researchers will employ a system designed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, that makes it possible to reconfigure computer designs without the cost of making finished chips."