Windows 8 will be familiar x86 architecture first time, ARM processors support both. That gave Steve Ballmer this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is known for.
Therefore supports the next generation of Microsoft Windows so-called system-on-a-Chip (SoC) architectures from Intel and AMD, but also ARM-based systems including NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. The special feature: the conventional one.
While x86 chips (from Intel and AMD) PCs and laptops are used in most ARM chips are mainly used in smart phones and tablet PCs. Windows 8 will therefore not only on conventional PCs, but also specifically in the mobile can use to develop its full potential.
Endeavors to make future Windows is available in its full scope of services on as many devices. In particular, mobile devices now have to give up features of a modern operating system.
Microsoft presented during the press conference already examples of SoC devices: hardware acceleration for graphics and web browsing with Internet Explorer 9, support of USB interfaces, or printing from mobile devices – the power of the PC as well as future mobile devices. As another example, Microsoft showed ARM-based devices that make the office suite in the full scope of services available.
Information about a Windows 8 build from November have recently been posted on the Internet. The build dates back to November 8, 2010 and has the build number 6.1.7900.0. The build number indicates that Windows 8 in its current phase is still using the kernel used in Windows 7. That’s a natural process and Microsoft will switch to a newer Kernel later in the development, likely to 6.2.
According to sources close to the development process Windows 8 has finished Milestone 1 and is currently in the Milestone 2 phase. It is projected that the operating system will enter Milestone 3 stage in the first half of 2011 and it is likely that the first beta will be released in the second half of the year 2011.
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