Windows Embedded Compact 2013 released!

Hi folks,

Today Windows Embedded Compact 2013, the successor of Windows Embedded Compact 7, was released!

So what new in Windows Embedded Compact 2013:

• Platform Builder is now a plug in for Visual Studio 2012
• Application development (native and managed) in Visual Studio 2012
• Current ARM and x86 compilers
• Supported CPU architectures: ARM v 7 Thumb 2, x86
• Due to the usage of the new compilers and the kernel core improvements ARM architectures prior to ARM v 6 Thumb 2 have been deprecated
• Improved file system performance
• Improved kernel performance
• 2 second boot is possible
• OS streamlining
• .NET Compact Framework 3.9
• Silverlight for Windows Embedded, now simply called XAML performance improvements
• XAML development in Blend 5

In my next posts I will describe the new features of Windows Embedded Compact 2013 in detail, so stay tuned!

Have fun