Microsoft announced the introduction of a Windows CE <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/embedded/programs/semi.asp">Porting Partner</A> Program to increase the number of microprocessors supported by the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. Companies signing on as official Microsoft Porting Partners will be authorized to port the Windows CE operating system and tools (Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder, Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++, Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic) to new semiconductor processor architectures.