'Wintel, Wintel – why hast thou forsaken us?'
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It's a sad day for early adopters of Microsoft's touch-first OS strategy. Customers who bought some of the first examples of Windows 8.x hybrid systems -- the HP Envy x2 and ElitePad G1, Dell Latitude 10, Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 and Miix series, ASUS VivoTab, et al -- will not be able to reliably run Windows 10 because the powers-that-be are refusing to release a compatible video driver. In fact, anyone with an Intel Atom z2760-based PC is fresh out of luck when it comes to Windows 10 support. As far as the hardware vendor community is concerned, the demise of Windows 8.x signals End of Life (EOL) for your systems.
The truly tragic part is that these PCs were designed specifically for a post-Windows 7 world. Thin, light, and fan-less, with all-day battery life, these early Windows 8 hybrids include all of the features that are supposed to help differentiate Windows 10 from the pre-Windows 8 world: Multi-touch displays, UEFI BIOS, connected standby support, the works. In fact, when they debuted in early 2013, they were pitched Intel's first, best shot at creating an x86-based platform competitor to the iPad juggernaut.
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Now, these customers (among whom I, as an HP Envy x2 owner, now regrettably count myself) are being left out in the cold, ostensibly because of a classic 'Not Invented Here Syndrome' scenario. In order to meet its power envelope requirements for the 'Cedar Trail' chipset, Intel elected to include a Samsung-designed Power VR 545 GPU in the Atom z2760 SOC. This was an acceptable compromise back when Intel was still desperately trying to claw its way into the mobile computing space. But now that the competition between Intel and Samsung is heating up, the folks from Santa Clara are now treating their own platform like an ugly stepchild: Starving it to death in the attic of driver incompatibility while lavishing attention on their own, 'natural born' children (e.g. Atom 'Bay Trail' and later).
Needless to say, this leaves many of us early adopters seriously frustrated. Not only did we get screwed-over for having the audacity to believe in that early Windows/Intel multitouch PC vision, we now get to watch as much older systems get upgraded to, and fully supported by Windows 10 -- again, ostensibly because their hardware components fall on the correct side of the competitive divide.
Shame on you, Intel, for abandoning your most loyal supporters. Shame on you, Microsoft, for failing to bridge the gap through an updated OBOE driver (the most recent Windows 8.1 driver is almost functional – wouldn’t take much to tweak it). And shame on you HP, Lenovo, Dell, and ASUS for leaving your customers in such a compatibility lurch. Just pathetic.
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The recently launched Intel® Atom™ Processor Z2760 is a highly integrated, dual core system-on-a-chip (SoC). The Z2760 processor was designed with many features and benefits for tablets running Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. In a small 14mmx14mm chipset package size, the Z2760 processor can fit in a thin and light tablet form factor, as small as 8.5mm thin and 1.5 pounds in weight.
In this blog we will take a glance on some of this processor’s features mainly from a Windows application developer’s perspectives.
Designed and manufactured with Intel® Atom™ Microarchitecture and 32nm processing technology, the Z2760 processor features 2 Cores / 4 HyperThreads and up to 1.80GHz processor frequency. It comes with up to 553MHz Intel Graphics Media Accelerator to deliver high graphics performance. Its computing and graphic performance strength is good news for software developers to explore new Windows Store app features in gaming, social networking, business, and other categories.
The Z2760 processor is optimized in power usage to deliver a long battery life which is suited for tablets and other mobile form factors. It can deliver up to three weeks of standby time without recharging the battery.With S0ix State, it natively supports Windows Connected Standby power model. Based on this power model, application developers can develop apps with fresh content updates in a consistently long battery life.
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The Z2760 processor includes support for Wi-Fi*, 3G WWAN, and 4G LTE* WWAN to enable the tablet’s network connectivity. It supports a wide range of sensors. With the proximity sensors it supports One-tap Near Field Communication (NFC) which allows pairing between the tablet and other devices. Other sensor features which the Z2760 processor supports include motion sensors (accelerometers, gyros, etc.), location sensors (GPS, etc.), ALS, and others. These sensors provide a foundation for developing apps with enriched and compelling tablet user experiences.
The Z2760 processor Features an integrated Image Signal Processor (ISP), with support for an up to 8MP primary camera and an up to 2.1 MP secondary camera. The advanced imaging features provide supports for applications for high quality photo and video recording and video chatting.
With the security features such as Secure Boot and firmware-based Intel® Platform Trust Technology, the Z2760 processor provides a safe and secure computing platform in the consumer tablet space. It is also ideal in business and enterprise computing environments which have more strict security requirements and policies. For application developers, it provides a platform for secure business apps.
Built on the Intel® x86 architecture, the Z2760 processor is designed for Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro tablets. Natively it supports both the new Windows Store app UI and the Desktop mode. Using Windows Runtime and development tools such as Visual Studio* 2012, the application developers can develop Windows Store UI and desktop applications with enhanced user experiences.
For detail information about the Z2760 processor, please go to the official product briefs:
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Miao Wei works as a software engineer with Intel Corporation’s Software and Services Group.
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