New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/01/2031247/new-intel-and-amd-chips... Buried in the announcement of the new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use them is the confirmation that they will have a Windows 10 future. Microsoft has been warning people for ages that Kaby Lake will not run on anything older than Windows 10, and it looks like AMD's upcoming Zen chip will be going the same way. Microsoft said, "As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon." "We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft's Windows support policy," an Intel spokesperson said. "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change." An AMD representative was equally neutral. "AMD's processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft's software strategy," AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3112663/software/microsoft-made-em-do-it-the-... Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10. No one knows what would happen if you tried to run an older OS on one of the new chips. http://www.fudzilla.com/news/41482-intel-kaby-lake-will-have-over-100-design... https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/08/30/1410207/intel-unveils-full-deta...
On 09/03/2016 09:43 PM, grarpamp wrote:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/01/2031247/new-intel-and-amd-chips... Buried in the announcement of the new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use them is the confirmation that they will have a Windows 10 future. Microsoft has been warning people for ages that Kaby Lake will not run on anything older than Windows 10, and it looks like AMD's upcoming Zen chip will be going the same way. Microsoft said, "As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon." "We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft's Windows support policy," an Intel spokesperson said. "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change." An AMD representative was equally neutral. "AMD's processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft's software strategy," AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3112663/software/microsoft-made-em-do-it-the-...
Microsoft made 'em do it: The latest Kaby Lake, Zen chips will support only Windows 10. No one knows what would happen if you tried to run an older OS on one of the new chips.
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/41482-intel-kaby-lake-will-have-over-100-design... https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/08/30/1410207/intel-unveils-full-deta...
And yet I gather than Linux kernel 4.5 supports Kaby Lake. So hey ;) But really, I'm more comfortable with the oldest usable Intel CPUs.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 9/3/2016 10:43 PM, grarpamp wrote:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/01/2031247/new-intel-and-amd-chips...
Buried in the announcement of the new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation)
processors and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use them is the confirmation that they will have a Windows 10 future. Microsoft has been warning people for ages that Kaby Lake will not run on anything older than Windows 10, and it looks like AMD's upcoming Zen chip will be going the same way. Microsoft said, "As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon." "We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft's Windows support policy," an Intel spokesperson said. "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change." An AMD representative was equally neutral. "AMD's processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft's software strategy," AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman.
I'm a bit late to the party but I wonder what this means for Linux and BSD? With 'deep integrations' between the silicon and Windows 10, it sounds like a lot of the functions of the chips night not be available to anything but Windows 10. Have either AMD or Intel made any statements on this? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXzepNAAoJEAKK33RTsEsVPDMP/RSDvk9gr76px8zCF2PE9WXl iyxpUiSzZotEZTQIXlBpVt+13tySRKXdKmWtQkekbITAP28aQDhOWy3ISzhHRpEj tva4H7xoWGvtJFnnuL/aaj684bP06poKvoB2SKjtOi6nZQs6PRGnevIPkt0Ty9Tm 8ohA+5g8tn1zj5o+ZAoRotB4XG/mrJ8b2S3YFizUaENE/73y3FqJXmddxNVxvoS0 racV34FQIr1raxYvsHwPrF7xu2UJ0AtXrDiqbfF+X78cWo8tlhHpfci9PWXG8bUy 5/Kla0oqz3ZTHdF0THmcXDe/CaDRkxgauslv7oHmR6fvUN9/KBcD1/p19soOrOo2 eZ4HXRihruN5Gr2sFXjKSTXOkQArz5yD+eXssS7yesAYLVm0YkCkjEtXAo1lHhRr w/0k1q7jPWMstu/ZASwkqgcfCZFjoVxPRQTYAR1WxkXDBMp6RF9C+nG9KThC4ohy resgJZQafQI5bfok13Yv2S7gM78CbmlOGhYVyyNeJ9Qi3xm/xZ2d8rRZOfTrOBxh 7/aMqslIgdc4VXwh1+7g3wrI6pS6n4nWfmuvN/iJap7UOdfTUOqcxfmVfi+iLb3a kk55thnPiMgII14kqPFRYEtLdB/ZKw29P+4JkZ63tjEwTvvA2CUJRFxa1lohFA+/ 4nU+R1x1Vwuqi2aWMX/I =lscb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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