Letter From Taipei: Microsoft resuscitates the baby

The mother of the PC brings it back to life The father of the PC was IBM and so we suppose Microsoft was the mother. The godfather of the PC may turn out to be Qualcomm if what we saw in Taipei is any indication. At WinHec in December 2016, Microsoft said at the time that Windows 10 would (and was) run(ing) on an ARM processor, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 to be specific. Between then and now, the eSIM standard got adopted by more carriers, and Intel’s modem group, and the enthusiasm swelled with every new announcement. Qualcomm then introduced