The WE8 embedded operating system will be available in March next year.

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Microsoft's Windows 8 has received a lukewarm response. Unlike the iPad, their flagship product, the Surface, sells quite well, but it doesn't make it overnight. In order to expand the market, Microsoft plans to launch the
Windows8
puzzle form in March 2013--Windows Embedded 8 embedded operating system.

These devices are well known for their embedded operating systems across industries and devices, such as VOIP phones, DVD players, GPS receivers and printers. As technology advances, some harmless devices begin to stretch their wings and join their silicon technology toward "smart" future.

As more and more devices join the computer chip with embedded operating systems, managing these devices through software is a growing demand. In the past, the barebone version of LINUX was an option for embedded operating systems, thanks to its low system requirements and ease of customization. However, if Microsoft is on that path, then everything will change.

More and more household goods began to enter the digital realm, has sparked the & ldquo; things & rdquo; interest, and this network can put all of your home computers of items together, Making their owners easy to control, searching for things is as simple as finding files on a computer. So where can Microsoft fit this?

The sales of desktop computers have been steadily declining in recent years, and Microsoft needs to act quickly to seek diversified development unless they want to become a window-shaped fossil. One of the strategies to save Microsoft is to jump into the craze for tablets and smartphones. The launch of Windows 8 is a big step. And this part is only part of the overall plan, which will transform Microsoft from a software company into a "device and service" company. Microsoft is looking to release an embedded roadmap, most likely to show stockholders that they are not cumbersome dinosaurs that will be destroyed by the upcoming mobile tide.

The above brings us back to talk about the topic - Windows Embedded 8 Caozuojitong, although many people may not have heard of this particular Windows Caozuojitong, but in fact it already exists For a while. The earliest Win3.x has an embedded version that can be run on a POS terminal. But the real Windows embedded device was built in 1999 called Windows NT Embedded. The Windows XP code was used at the time to create “XP embedded”. The next step is Windows Embedded compact, some people are new to this name, but you must have heard of another well-known name Windows CE. This product is more commonly used in set-top boxes, especially since it is widely used after being used in the Sega ill-fated Dreamcast console. Look, this is the Microsoft embedded product you have been exposed to before.

In 2009, Windows XP Embedded was upgraded to Windows Embedded Standard, which provides a complete Win32 API, but unlike Windows CE, it can run on ARM, MIPS and SuperH processors. Windows Embedded Standard Can only be run on x86. It is fully compatible with “standard” projects such as NET Framework, IE7, Windows Media Player, Silverlight, etc. At this point, you might think, & ldquo; Wait a minute, what are the installation ideas for your microwave oven? & rdquo; Of course, Microsoft also thought of this, it allows manufacturers to customize the system, remove unnecessary parts, while retaining the core functional part of the system. And this feature has been used by some smart people in the past for the production of Windows Live CDS such as BartPE.

The Windows Embedded 8 Standard operating system is a modular version of Windows that runs a Linux-like customization that allows manufacturers to modify and customize it. However, this is not to say that the latest version will not benefit from the new features of Win8, and in the near future, new touch and gesture-based interfaces will be applied to this embedded operating system.