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Sorry but this sounds like marketing speak. I highly doubt that Intel designs anything specifically for Windows at the CPU level. There is no direct mapping be
by st3fan 14y ago
Sorry but this sounds like marketing speak. I highly doubt that Intel designs anything specifically for Windows at the CPU level.
There is no direct mapping between Windows System Calls and functionality of a specific chip. There is a ton of code between that system call and what actually happens on the chip or in its firmware.
The top layer sure is Windows specific because it runs as part of Windows. However, the bottom layer is just bits to fiddle with or instructions to send to the CPU and any OS can implement that. Including Linux.
Again, marketing blah.
- s_henry_paulson 14y agoIf you click through to the source article, they even describe what I'm referring to: >"Intel went to great lengths to highlight the new P-states and C-states in which it can completely shut down the clock of a core. The firm said the operating system needs to provide "hints" to the processor in order to make use of power states and it seems likely that such hints are presently not provided by the Linux kernel in order to properly make use of Clover Trail." Also: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff190969(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff19...