Intel is committed to making 100% of ultrabooks touch screen

In the recent IDF (Intel Developer Forum) held this year in San Francisco, from September 10 to 12, different developments have occurred that lead me to think that the future of Windows 8 is simply bright.

Let's keep in mind that the statements to which I refer in the article are made by one of the companies with the most influence in the development and evolution of the current Information Society, and which is the nucleus of the generality of computing devices around the globe: Intel

Windows 8, the best positioned operating system

In this global meeting for developers, Intel has been revealing very important developments in future hardware, both processors and architecture, of its computing platform.

Thus, the entire Haswell and Atom family are focused not only on maintaining Moore's Law and doubling their number of transistors every two years (and computing power), but also on having a consumption and size smaller and smaller.

Which means more and more portable computers, in tablet or ultrabook format of increasingly extreme thinness – we are talking about equipment less than a centimeter thick – and battery life unthinkable a few months ago ( > 16h).

According to Intel's senior president, Kirk Skaugen, the intention is that all of these new ultrabooks will be 100% touch devices. In other words, it is possible to interact with the screen through gestures and finger touches.

Considering that currently the device ratio does not exceed 70 percentage points, Intel is certainly announcing an ambitious bet. And marking, as it has done in the past, the way forward for manufacturers and integrators.

For both IDC analysts and NPD analysts, the future of new laptops lies in touch interaction; and more with the arrival of the new Windows 8 notebooks with prices below $500 which will mean a notable increase in sales forecast .

Which means a fundamental endorsement by the industry of Microsoft's latest operating system, since it is unanimously chosen by brands for their new Intel tablets and laptops.

A Sideways Look at the Competition

Can this mean the decline of systems like Android or iOS?

I don't think so, in the short term.

The Android operating system is powerful and works better and better on comparatively cheaper tablets. Even its overwhelming market share in tablets makes it easy for it to maintain its current penetration. And even improve it.

iOS and iPad tablets have it more crude. Because Jobs's disappearance has plunged the company into a lack of leadership, drive and innovation, which has all of us who follow the pulse of the industry perplexed . The evolution of the Apple tablet is being too slow for the market requirements. And its build quality and market niche prevent it from getting into a price war like Microsoft is doing with its Surface RT tablet.

However, the biggest troubles may come in the medium term, if Google and Apple don't hurriedly start developing a version that works on Intel Since the current advantage of their specialization in ARM chips, it can lead them to a very narrow and dark alley.

Let's not forget that Intel has shown over time, and convincingly, that it is a formidable competitor; that has left companies like Texas Instrument, IBM, AMD, Motorola and other manufacturers behind, who have tried to overshadow it in the PC market.

Therefore, in summary, there is a good chance that the explosion of touch devices will finally arrive in 2014 – if the crisis allows it – each of them having Windows 8 installed, mainly in its “full” version, and with touch interaction.