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Just in case you missed it, there's an update at the bottom to the effect that work on E2 has wound down and there aren't any plans to turn it into a product:
by TimTheTinker 8y ago
Just in case you missed it, there's an update at the bottom to the effect that work on E2 has wound down and there aren't any plans to turn it into a product:
> After publication, a spokeswoman for Microsoft got back to us with some extra details. "E2 is currently a research project, and there are currently no plans to productize it," she said.
> "E2 has been a research project where we did a bunch of engineering to understand whether this type of architecture could actually run a real stack, and we have wound down the Qualcomm partnership since the research questions have been answered."
> As for the missing webpage, she added: "Given much of the research work has wound down, we decided to take down the web page to minimize assumptions that this research would be in conflict with our existing silicon partners.
> "We expect to be able to incorporate learnings from the work into our ongoing research."
- ChicagoDave 8y agoThey don’t want to scare the piss out of their current silicon partners. Who knows what will come of this, but I’m doubtful it’s nothing.
- chx 8y agoSort of blackmail what comes out of this. You can say to Intel, if you don't give us a nice enough discount for the current order of 100 000 Xeons for Azure, we will go back to these plans and eventually your revenue stream will dry up.
- mankash666 8y agoWhile that may be true for something that's more production ready (like an AMD or Qualcomm chip), this project seems unlikely to affect negotiations. However, it's likely to cause panic at Intel for the long term. It may prompt Intel to move into Microsoft's territory, or partner more closely with competing OS vendors (chrome?)