[Info-vax] RMS intro

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Fri Jan 5 19:43:49 EST 2024


On 1/5/2024 6:25 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> For example, Windows Phone 7 only ran on a single core.

WP7 was a bit limited because it was based on Windows CE.

>                                                  Windows Phone 8
> only ran on two cores--no more, no less. This was when contemporary
> versions of Android could run on anything from a single core up to--I’m
> not sure, there were 4-core, might even have been some 8-core devices by
> that time.

Good story. But it has nothing to do with reality.

WP8 was Windows NT based and supported up to 64 cores. Probably
never tested above 8 though due to CPU's available.

Arne




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