Windows CE expands to Intel x86, Digital StrongARM and PowerPC

As expected, Intel and Motorola will announce support for the Windows CEoperating system within the week. In addition, Microsoft announced today that Windows CE will run on the Motorola PowerPC 821 and 823, low-powerversions of the popular RISC CPU

Paul Thurrott

December 3, 1996

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As expected, Intel and Motorola will announce support for the Windows CEoperating system within the week. In addition, Microsoft announced today that Windows CE will run on the Motorola PowerPC 821 and 823, low-powerversions of the popular RISC CPU and on the Digital StrongARM. The StrongARM CPU is six times as fast as current Windows CE CPUs.Currently, CE support can be found on three chipsets: the 32-bit Hitachi SH-3, a Phillips 32-bit design, and an NEC 64-bit CPU. All are RISC-based

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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