New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10

[Mirimir]

On 09/03/2016 09:43 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/01/2031247/new-intel-and-amd-chips-will-only-support-windows-10
> 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-latest-kaby-lake-zen-chips-will-support-only-windows-10.html
> 
> 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-designs-available-in-q4
> https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/08/30/1410207/intel-unveils-full-details-of-kaby-lake-7th-gen-core-series-processors

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.