Embedded Systems Show - May 2001

Microsoft's Talisker comes to town

Microsoft has been busy in the embedded systems area, and a new version of Windows CE, currently code-named Talisker, is now in beta testing. Due for final release in late 2001, the operating system is designed to handle small footprint, connected mobile devices.

Talisker consolidates the changes made between CE2 and CE3, with a more realistic licensing structure and systems integrators having access to the source code for support and when building CE-based devices. The component-led approach that produced CE3 is now also being used at the larger end, and in the wake of Windows XP being released towards the end of the year it is intended to release an embedded version within 90 days.

A parallel route to smaller, high-power systems is being offered through the recently released Server Appliance Kit (SAK), which allows compact server operating systems to be built containing just the features they need.

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