Microsoft will release its own tablet on Windows 8

Microsoft is going to release a Tablet PC based on Windows operating system 8 under its own brand.

device receives ARM-processor from Texas Instruments, and the gadget will build one of the Taiwanese manufacturers. Tablet may release before the end of 2012, says DigiTimes.

Using Tablet Microsoft wants to expand the product line under its own brand, which includes the Xbox 360 gaming console, media player Zune, smart phones and televisions Kin.

The software giant is once again trying to rely on the experience of Apple, whose ecosystem - iOS platform and an online store App Store - helps her to increase the share of the iPhone and iPad markets smartphones and tablets, and even oust the traditional PC, the newspaper notes.

However, the historical success so far achieved only one device for the brand Microsoft - Xbox 360. Starting in November 2006, Zune, designed to compete with the iPod, was unsuccessful, and in March this year in Redmond announced a cessation of production of new models of portable players for a lack of demand.

was defeated and another device from Microsoft - "social " smartphone Kin. He was released in May 2010, but after six weeks the software giant has admitted that the phone has no prospects and it was decided to stop production.

main cause of failure was the fact that Microsoft abandoned one of the strongest sides "Infrastructure " gadget from Apple - at Kin was impossible to install additional applications.