WM5 being replaced by CE6?

**Driftless** · 05-09-06, 07:55 PM

Well...

Microsoft unveiled a beefier version of Windows CE during a keynote at its annual Mobile & Embedded Developer's Conference (MEDC) in Las Vegas, May 9. Windows CE 6 offers a higher capacity for complex applications, fueling "more intelligent devices that offer advanced multimedia and Web services, and wireless networking," the company claims.

The upgrade sports a redesigned kernel that implements a significant increase in the number of simultaneous application processes, along with increased per-process virtual memory addressability.

Mukund Ghangurde, Microsoft's Group Product Manager for Windows Embedded, told WindowsForDevices that the "redesigned kernel" expands the number of simultaneous processes from 32 to 32,000, while enlarging the virtual memory that is addressable by each process from 64MB to 2GB.

Despite the added functionality, "the footprint of the kernel is pretty much the same as what it was before," Ghangurde said. "The [Windows CE 5.0] kernel is about 300KB in size, and our development team assures us that [the Windows CE 6 kernel] is going to be pretty much in that same ballpark," he added. "Clearly we don't know yet, because there's still development work being done, but our objective is to be very close to that. We realize that for our customers, footprint is very important."

Read more here....

WindowsForDevices.com

imported_eaglewing · 05-09-06, 09:03 PM

Sounds interesting....

Quote:

Notwithstanding the major version number change -- from 5.0 to 6 -- Ghangurde was not specific about other bug-fixes, additions, or enhancements associated with the Windows CE 6 kernel and other OS components, beyond the increased number of simultaneous processes and enlarged virtual memory addressability. It seems reasonable to assume, however, that many other changes have also been made to the OS.

According to Microsoft's announcement of Windows CE 6, the new OS "provides continuity of most features and functionality from previous generations of Windows CE, allowing device makers to leverage their previous investments in user-interfaces, applications, middleware, and drivers."

TPadden · 06-06-06, 01:07 PM

Nope - they are two different operating systems; CE upgrades CE!

ppt · 06-18-06, 11:56 PM

its not like it will affect current owners of pdas anyway...i dun think any manufacturer will offer an upgrade, or if an upgrade is even possible.

RICOUK · 06-19-06, 03:01 AM

Isn't CE edition of the OS what is used in devices such as Freeview set tops (free-to-air TV receivers) and not what is used in PDA's? I maybe wrong but I know there is a difference between the two.

Wajical · 06-23-06, 10:56 PM

I thought WM5 was run on a CE base like pocket pc 2000? So it isn't able to upgrade WM5? I think that would be a huge mistake by MS but wouldn't be tne first time.

imported_eaglewing · 06-26-06, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wajical

I thought WM5 was run on a CE base like pocket pc 2000? So it isn't able to upgrade WM5? I think that would be a huge mistake by MS but wouldn't be tne first time.

The way I remeber it, when using the recent ROM flash upgrade to 5.0, it said the version I was running was a CE based....my 2495 came stock with 5.0

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