Microsoft is planning to form development boards for Windows Phone or Windows RT. The company has not declared whether it will launch these products or not. The x86 boards are already available in the markets for these products
In a webcast Microsoft informed that these new boards will provide programs for writing applications for Windows Phone and Windows RT.
Peter Wieland, a chief developer of Microsoft said that presently they have nothing significant to announce except one thing that for these boards they have to struggle really hard.
Microsoft has launched Windows based development boards based on Intel x86 in the previous two months. This x86 board is a hardware hacker which can be utilized to test and develop products such as smart appliances, robot, sensors and tablets.
The boards assist Microsoft to step into the group of makers who comes up with novel ideas regarding the devices. “Internet of Things” is one of those arenas in which data accumulation instruments gather and transfer information for warning and analysis. These “Iot” will probably increase in future, therefore Microsoft desires to put Windows on them with the help of developer boards.
Microsoft x86 boards are not applicable on Windows Phone and Rt since it function on ARM processors. The company proposed two boards today that are named as Galileo and Sharks Cove. Galileo runs on a low-power Intel Quark processor, which is designed for smart devices, robot and Internet connected appliances. Whereas, Shark Cove possesses an Intel Bay Trail processor that is primarily for tablets and PC driver developments.
The company offers two boards today: Galileo, which runs on a low-power Intel Quark processor, is for smart devices, robots and Internet-connected appliances; and Sharks Cove, which has an Intel Bay Trail processor, is mainly for tablets and PC driver development.
