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	<title type="text">First Windows 8 tablet from Samsung rumored for BUILD &#8211; The Verge</title>
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	<updated>2011-09-08T12:35:00+00:00</updated>

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				<name>Thomas Ricker</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Samsung quad-core Windows 8 tablet ready for BUILD giveaway?]]></title>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The first Windows 8 tablet looks set to be revealed with the help of Samsung at Microsoft's BUILD developers' conference next week. And if we had to guess, it'll likely be announced during the morning keynote from Anaheim, California. A few weeks ago, you'll recall, Microsoft was already talking about a "quad core Windows Slate [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>The first Windows 8 tablet looks set to be revealed with the help of <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/brands/70">Samsung</a> at <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/brands/52">Microsoft</a>'s BUILD developers' conference next week. And if we had to guess, it'll likely be announced during the morning keynote from Anaheim, California. A few weeks ago, you'll recall, Microsoft was already talking about a "quad core Windows <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/products/423">Slate</a> that will be give(n) out at an upcoming Microsoft event." Hell, it even flashed a thin reference design (pictured above) to the crowd in a moment of dramatic titillation. Mind you, we're almost certainly talking about a quad-core ARM processor inside - not <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.theverge.com/brands/41">Intel</a> - given the lack of ULV quad-core silicon from Chipzilla  …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2011/9/8/2412907/samsung-quad-core-windows-8-tablet-ready-for-build-giveaway">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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