But he batted down any suggestion that Intel's Red Hat investment was a warning to Microsoft, which wants to win corporate hearts and wallets with its NT operating system running on Intel-based server machines.

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Microsoft intends to launch an Intel-based version of the Surface offering the full Windows 8 system in January.

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The XPS 18 is based on third-generation Intel Core processors and Windows 8 operating system for no-compromise performance, whether docked or on the go.

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Intel is keeping up a particularly fast pace in its system-on-a-chip (SoC) business, based on its low-power Atom core.

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