Microsoft has opened its own computer architecture development team (Computer Architecture Group), led by Charles P. Thacker.
Laboratories will be located both at the company's headquarters in Redmond and in Silicon Valley.
According to Microsoft engineer, Charles Tucker, one of the reasons for the company's interest in developing its own processors are plans for the future of the Xbox gaming console. Perhaps the development of the processor for it will be engaged in just the newly opened team. But this is not the only reason. The company will develop voice recognition technology, which will also be tested in these laboratories. ')
News source: The New York Times