Windows Embedded CE 6.0

Infobox OS version
name = Windows Embedded CE 6.0
family = Windows CE



caption =
developer = Microsoft
website = [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/default.mspx www.microsoft.com/embedded]
source_model = Shared source (full source code of kernel included)
license = Microsoft EULA and [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/bb190212.aspx] for some of the source code
kernel_type = Hybrid kernel
first_release_date = November 1 2006
first_release_url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-01MSKernelPR.mspx
release_version = 6.0 R2
release_date = November 14 2007
release_url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-13WER2InnovationsPR.mspx
preview_version =
preview_date =
preview_url =
support_status = Current.
other_articles =

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 controllers and 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 partial source code. [ [http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS2632317407.html Special Report: Windows CE 6 arrives with 100% kernel source] ]

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 is also the basis of Windows Mobile 7, codenamed "Photon". [ [http://bink.nu/Article7542.bink Bink.nu | Microsoft to launch Windows CE 6.0 by end of 2006 - Bink.nu ] ]

New features

*Some System components (such as filesystem, gwes, device driver manager) have been moved to the kernel space.
*The system components which now run in kernel have been converted from EXEs to DLLs, which get loaded into kernel space.
*New Virtual Memory Model. The lower 2GB is the process VM space and is private per process. The upper 2GB is the kernel VM space.
*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 (Up to 2GB of private VM is available per process).
*The Platform Builder IDE is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, allowing a single development environment for both platform and application development.
*Read-only support for 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 devices to easily make data connections and initiate voice calls through cellular networks.

References

*cite web
url=http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/medc2006/Windows_CE6_Architecture_Boling.ppt
title=Windows Embedded CE 6.0 New Kernel Architecture (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)
publisher=Microsoft
*cite web
url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/getstart/basics/tutorialsce/default.aspx
title=Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Platform Builder Overview
publisher=MSDN
*cite web
url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/eval/wince/techspecs.mspx
title=Windows Embedded CE
publisher=MSDN

External links

* [http://www.hpcfactor.com/qlink/?linkID=20 History of Windows CE] , by HPC:Factor with screenshots of the various versions.
* [http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=233124 Bor-Ming Hsieh and Sue Loh: 3rd Generation Kernel for Windows CE] — Channel 9 Interview.
* [http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=233119 Juggs Ravalia: Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Device Driver Model] — Channel 9 Interview.
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall] — Mike Hall's WEBlog.
* [http://www.bsquare.com/blog] — Jason Browne's Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Blog.