元器件交易网讯 5月7日消息，彭博社报道，据知情人士透露，微软将在mini版Surface上首次采用高通芯片，终结了英伟达作为微软平板芯片唯一供应商的局面。

　　该知情人士透露，微软将于本月20日在纽约发布mini版Surface。但这一消息暂未得到证实。同时，微软在这次发布会上也将发布其他款式的Surface平板，部分将采用英特尔处理器。微软此前推出的平板采用了基于ARM架构的英伟达处理器。

　　这一转变对于英伟达将是一个打击，其正努力为其Tegra移动处理器开拓手机和平板客户。英伟达正试图将其产品用在汽车上，作为信息和娱乐系统中心。

　　高通发言人Emily Kilpatrick、微软发言人Jill Bailey及英伟达发言人Ken Brown都拒绝对此作出评论。

　　高通骁龙处理器和调制解调器几乎用在了所有的畅销智能手机，包括三星的Galaxy系列。高通想要重新抢夺手机和平板市场的主导地位。在这一市场上，苹果采用了自家的芯片。而更廉价平板则是基于低成本的中国制造芯片。

　　彭博社去年6月曾报道微软正在开发基于高通芯片的Surface平板。

　　微软上个月发布了第三财季财报，包括Xbox和Surface在内的设备和消费机硬件业务收入为19.7亿美元。

　　IDC市场调查报告显示，2013年微软Windows系统在平板软件市场占据了3.4%的市场份额。而Surface在全球平板市场中的份额仅为1%。（元器件交易网刘光明 摘译）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is planning to introduce a new, smaller version of its Surface that will use Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)processors for the first time, according to people with knowledge of the companies’ plans, a move that ends Nvidia (NVDA) Corp.’s run as a chip supplier to the tablet.

　　Microsoft will unveil the new device at an event in New York on May 20, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. Microsoft will also take the wraps off other new Surface models at the event, including ones powered by Intel Corp. processors, the people said. Microsoft previously had a version of Surface with Nvidia chips that use ARM Holdings Plc technology.

　　The world’s largest software maker is working to stoke sales of its tablets, which have so far failed to dent Apple Inc.’s dominance of the market. Microsoft’s new Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has repeatedly said he wants to turn the Redmond, Washington-based company into one that focuses on “mobile first, cloud first.” Since becoming CEO in February, Nadella has unveiled Office software for Apple’s iPad and updated Windows Phone mobile software.

　　Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors and modems are the basis for almost all of the top-selling smartphones, including Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy line. Qualcomm has struggled to replicate its dominance in phones in the tablet market where Apple’s iPad -- based on that company’s own chips -- and cheaper tablets built on low-cost Chinese-made processors have kept it out.

　　Mobile Customers

　　The switch is a blow to Nvidia, which has been attempting to find phone and tablet customers for its Tegra mobile processors. TheSanta Clara, California-based chipmaker is trying to repurpose the product for use in cars as the center of information and entertainment systems.

　　Emily Kilpatrick, a spokeswoman for San Diego-based Qualcomm, declined to comment, as did Jill Bailey, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, and Ken Brown, a spokesman at Nvidia.

　　Bloomberg News reported last June that Microsoft had started working on a Qualcomm-based Surface.

　　Microsoft last month reported that its fiscal third-quarter sales from devices and consumer hardware, including Xbox and Surface devices, rose to $1.97 billion, compared with an average analyst prediction of $1.95 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg First Word.

　　Yet Microsoft’s market share in tablets remains tiny. Microsoft’s Windows had 3.4 percent of the tablet software market in 2013, researcher IDC has said. For the Surface tablet, the share was 1 percent.