COMPANIES have long been talking about the potential of cloud computing, or the notion that data can be accessed almost anywhere at anytime via company-approved devices.

云计算的潜力，以及几乎在任何地方任何时间都可通过公司批准的设备访问数据的这一观念在很久之前就成为诸多公司讨论的话题。

youdao

Last year, Microsoft made its first foray into homegrown computing devices with its Surface tablet, and company executives have said more devices are in the works, as it makes a shift from a software maker to what Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has called a "devices and services" company.

WSJ: Microsoft Plans 7-Inch Tablet

In microcontrollers, which serve as the computing brain for a wide variety of devices, the company continues to expand share.

FORBES: CES: ARM Holdings To Expand Push To TVs, Servers, Networks

Bob Morris, ARM's director of mobile computing, says his company is tracking about 40 tablet-style devices being designed with ARM-based chips, plus about 10 more e-reader devices for electronic books.

WSJ: Android Emerges as Big Rival to iPad