Windows Embedded CE 6.0

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0
(Part of the Windows CE family)
Developer
Microsoft
Web site: www.microsoft.com/embedded
Release information
Release date:	November 1, 2006 info
Current version:	6.0 (November 1, 2006) info
Source model:	Shared source (full source code included)
License:	Microsoft EULA
Kernel type:	Hybrid kernel
Support status
Currently active.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 — codenamed "Yamazaki" — is the sixth major release of Windows Embedded Operating System targeted to Enterprise specific Tools such as Industrial Controller to Consumer Electronics devices like Digital Cameras. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 features a completely redesigned kernel, which supports over 32,000 processes, up from 32 process support of the previous versions. Each process receives 2 GB of virtual address space, up from 32 MB.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 was released on November 1, 2006, and includes full source code.

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is also the basis of Windows Mobile 6, codenamed "Photon" [1].

[edit] New features

• All System components have been moved to the kernel space.
• All System Components have been now converted to DLLs from EXEs.
• New Virtual Memory Model.
• New Device Driver Model that supports both User Mode and Kernel Mode Drivers.
• The 32 process limit has been raised to 32,768 processes.
• The 32 megabyte virtual memory limit has been raised to the total virtual memory.
• The Platform Builder IDE is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, allowing a single development environment for both platform and application development.
• New security infrastructure. The redesigned one-tier security model is compliant with the Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle (or SDL). This ensures that only trusted applications can run on your embedded device.
• UDF 2.5 filesystem.
• Support for Microsoft's upcoming exFAT filesystem.
• 802.11i (WPA2) and 802.11e (QoS) wireless standards, and multiple radio support.
• CE 6.0 works with x86, ARM, SH4 and MIPS based processor architectures.
• New Cellcore components to enable your devices to easily make data connections and initiate voice calls through cellular networks.

[edit] References

• Windows Embedded CE 6.0 New Kernel Architecture (PowerPoint presentation). Microsoft.
• Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Platform Builder Overview. MSDN.
• Windows Embedded CE. MSDN.

[edit] External links

• History of Windows CE, by HPC:Factor with screenshots of the various versions.
• Bor-Ming Hsieh and Sue Loh: 3rd Generation Kernel for Windows CE — Channel 9 Interview.
• Juggs Ravalia: Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Device Driver Model — Channel 9 Interview.
• [2] — Mike Hall's WEBlog.
• [3] — Jason Browne's Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Blog.