Intel to discuss Windows 8 details next week

By Tom Warren, on 7th Sep 11 11:32 am with 14 Comments

Intel is planning to reveal its Windows 8 plans at next week’s Intel Developer Conference.

The chipset giant’s conference kicks off at the same time as Microsoft’s Windows 8 BUILD conference on Tuesday September 13. Despite the similar timings, some Microsoft workers will appear at Intel’s conference to discuss Windows 8. Intel is holding several joint sessions with Microsoft employees to detail Windows 8. The sessions include:

Microsoft Windows Platform Evolution and UEFI Requirements (Thursday September 15)

Intel will detail the future Windows 8 platform with advanced features in firmware using the latest UEFI protocol and services. The session will talk about the latest Windows 8 platform requirements including UEFI boot and security features. Scott Anderson and Tony Mangefeste, Microsoft program managers, will speak during the session.

Integrating Intel Platform Capabilities on Microsoft Windows Security Architecture (Thursday September 15)

Intel will detail improvements in the Windows security architecture. The session promises to discuss Platform Trust Technologies and Cryptographic Acceleration support in the next-generation of Windows. Stefan Thom, Software Developer and Platform Security Architect at Microsoft and Rob Spiger, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, will speak during the session.

Microsoft Windows 8 on Intel Architecture (Wednesday September 14)

Microsoft program managers Rob Huryn and Tony Mangefeste will both speak at this Intel session. The session promises details on the upcoming release of Microsoft’s next operating system release, Windows 8. Intel and Microsoft will also discuss the work that both companies are undertaking to “deliver this new compute experience.”

Q&A: Intel and Microsoft – Windows 8 (Thursday September 15)

Microsoft and Intel will host a special Q&A session with speakers from the various Windows 8 related sessions.

The sessions don’t give away too many details just yet but expect the information Q&A session the Thursday to be an interesting one and a good indication of developer’s feedback after Microsoft makes its various developer related announcements next week. Microsoft has not yet posted its BUILD conference schedule, leaving attendees in the dark on Microsoft’s discussion points. Stay tuned to WinRumors for full BUILD and Windows 8 coverage next week.

http://shareourideas.com/ Naga Harish

Nice, Microsft’s Win OS and Intel

Aaron

I hope to see some good demonstrations of improved boot times, power savings, and other features. Oh and pretty please Intel have a new version of Intel Wireless Display which has reduced input lag times. My dream is to play games from my computer on my TV without needing wires.

Hassan Ali

I want to see Wintel the biggest tech company in the world beating Apple! Do you agree?

Aaron

Are you forgetting that Apple uses Intel processors?

But yeah, if Intel knows what is good for them, they definitely better work as close as possible with Microsoft to ensure that Intel machines running Windows 8 are great. That means fast as hell boot times, better security, power saving features, ect… Intel knows that Apple is not a reliable partner. Just look at how Apple is suing the hell out of Samsung who is their biggest supplier. Apple will have no problems throwing Intel under the bus. From my perspective, MS has the best attitude towards their partners, because being a software only company, they know they need their partners.
Hassan Ali

Bro you are right 100%.
Guest

Apple already through Intel under a bus when they launched iPad and used their own processor. Intel thought they were being smart hedging their bets on both Apple and MS. Now MS has finally woken up and ported to ARM, and Apple is probably already costing Intel more lost unit sales due to iPad than Intel is gaining on Macs.
Anonymous

Intel follows Apple’s guidance. I read an article once that quoted one of their executives. Intel sync-ed their hardware cycles with Apple’s, Intel afforded Apple exclusivity on Z chipset, Xeons, CULV processors, TB until 2012. Intel forgot about the industry that nurtured it into the behemoth it is today.

Anonymous

intel needs to come up with something to wipe 20th century inspired ARM of the face of the planet. they should be able to do that easily given their resources. forget about that atom crap and make a new architecture for the 21st century mobile devices. ARM is too old.

Anonymous

I think we will see some big advances as soon as their 3d transistors are ready. It seems they will probably just want to put full mobile processors (although much smaller) in phones and tablets.
Aaron

Yeah I think they will stick with full mobile processors. Intel is still driving Moores law and in a few years, they should be there in terms on power and heat. A processor architecture powerful enough, and light enough, to work across phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops would be a huge win for Intel. I hate all the dumb tech “analysts” who already dismiss Intel on future phones because they noticed that their Pentium 4′s need heat sinks or whatever. Of coarse those are the same brilliant analysts who are convinced a full features OS can never work on tablets.
Guest

“Of coarse those are the same brilliant analysts who are convinced a full features OS can never work on tablets.”

I think what they said is it didn’t sell well in the past and isn’t likely to in the future. Not that it didn’t work.
Aaron

ARM isn’t going anywhere. Even before all the smartphone hype, ARM still had a gigantic market share of overall processors, due to their use in embedded applications. A refrigerator or a drying machine will simply never need an x86 processor. So even if Intel does invade the smartphone, which I’m sure they eventually will, ARM will always be around.
Guest

They have struggled to duplicate the power efficiency of ARM. But the real issue is there unwillingness to reduce margins. Ultimately they’re going to be forced to. So my view is they should bite the bullet. But they’re obviously afraid of the impact to their already left for dead share price.
Guest

The real battle is SOC, not the processor per se. Saying ARM is old ignores the advances people like Apple have done with ARM-based SOCs. Also, ARM is licensed, unlike Intel. So there really is no one ARM. Instead there are hundreds of ARM-inspired derivatives.