| div class="googleright"> | | | | of tablets and Windows 7 support for touch screen |
| The recent launch of Apple’s iPad spawned a | | | | technology. |
| new product category: the tablet. Touch screen | | | | Most touch screen systems will connect with the host |
| support has become the default human interface as | | | | CPU or application processor through a universal serial |
| tablets focus on ease of use and keyboardless design. | | | | bus (USB) interface. However, none of today’s |
| Meanwhile, Microsoft has added touch screen support | | | | major touch screen controllerssupport USB natively. |
| at the foundationof its Windows® 7 architecture. | | | | As a result, touch screen system integrators must |
| Credit Suisse estimates more than 33 million units of | | | | bridge a USB microcontroller (MCU) between |
| large touch screen products will be sold in 2011, mainly | | | | the host and the touch controller(s). |
| due to these two driving forces: the growingpopularity | | | | |