英特爾的一名高管日前表示，如果微軟新操作系統(tǒng)要支持ARM處理器，也許會(huì)衍生出四種互不兼容的版本，而每個(gè)版本都不能使用傳統(tǒng)PC（x86架構(gòu)）的Windows應(yīng)用。此外，英特爾還表示，今秋，其旗下McAfee公司推出的軟件，能使其處理器的安全水平上一個(gè)檔次。 ARM也許要花費(fèi)數(shù)十億美元在支持Windows 8上，英特爾的首席執(zhí)行官Paul Otellini在此間的年度分析師會(huì)議上表示。微軟已經(jīng)在1月份宣布，Windows的下一版本將支持ARM芯片。 “是的，表面上看ARM得到了Windows的一個(gè)端口，但它實(shí)際上是四個(gè)端口，[因?yàn)閉每個(gè)操作系統(tǒng)都必須是針對(duì)一個(gè)芯片而寫(xiě)，所以，微軟為ARM寫(xiě)的Windows有四個(gè)端口，”他說(shuō)。 Otellini沒(méi)有詳細(xì)描述ARM的這四個(gè)版本W(wǎng)indows。他展示的幻燈片顯示，不同的Windows版本可能是針對(duì)特定ARM核心的，也可能針對(duì)ARM所授權(quán)公司推出的SoC核心應(yīng)用。 英特爾的軟件和服務(wù)集團(tuán)總經(jīng)理Renee James描述了Windows 8的兩種主要衍生——傳統(tǒng)PC版本和針對(duì)各ARM SoC的版本。 PC版將支持傳統(tǒng)的PC應(yīng)用并帶一個(gè)Windows 7的兼容模式，她說(shuō)。 ARM SoC版提供了一種針對(duì)平板電腦和翻蓋（clamshell ）系統(tǒng)優(yōu)化了的全新移動(dòng)體驗(yàn)，“但無(wú)論現(xiàn)在還是將來(lái)，它們都不能運(yùn)行現(xiàn)有的傳統(tǒng)PC應(yīng)用軟件，”James說(shuō)。 Windows 8的ARM SoC版也將能運(yùn)行在英特爾的x86芯片上，但即便如此，英特爾也不打算利用其從ARM獲得的許可生產(chǎn)ARM芯片，Otellini說(shuō)。 ［轉(zhuǎn)下一頁(yè)：微軟出面“辟謠”］

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{pagination} 有趣的是，一位劇稱是微軟官方的人對(duì)此作出了回應(yīng)： “在昨日的Intel投資會(huì)議上他們關(guān)于微軟下一代操作系統(tǒng)所發(fā)表的言論是不準(zhǔn)確的、有誤導(dǎo)性的，第一次在SoC架構(gòu)上演示下一代Windows時(shí)我們就已經(jīng)明確說(shuō)明了目標(biāo)，并且強(qiáng)調(diào)了正處于技術(shù)演示階段。此外，我們現(xiàn)在還不能提供更多細(xì)節(jié)或信息?！? 微軟對(duì)Intel的說(shuō)法真假并沒(méi)有明確表態(tài)，也沒(méi)有說(shuō)明哪里不準(zhǔn)確?？磥?lái)，想要知道真相只能等到今年9月的PDC大會(huì)了。 此外，英特爾旗下的McAfee將在第三季度推出用于創(chuàng)制可信任操作系統(tǒng)或虛擬機(jī)環(huán)境的軟件。該軟件位于操作系統(tǒng)或hypervisor（管理程序）這一水平的下層，并將延伸至英特爾建構(gòu)在其芯片內(nèi)的可信任硬件根（hardware root of trust）環(huán)境。 英特爾長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)一直支持可信計(jì)算組織（Trusted Computing Group，一家行業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)聯(lián)盟）定義的可信任硬件根。但迄今為止，諸如Windows等主要操作系統(tǒng)一直沒(méi)能在硬件外，拓展這種安全水平。 “我們可以強(qiáng)化系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)，以大幅減少日益嚴(yán)重的惡意軟件威脅，”英特爾子公司McAfee的總裁David DeWalt表示，在二月下旬，英特爾正式收購(gòu)了McAfee。 “以目前我們使用的安全模式來(lái)看，沒(méi)法監(jiān)控惡意軟件的泛濫。”，他說(shuō)。 支持基于CPU的安全模型是對(duì)英特爾以76.8億美元出價(jià)收購(gòu)McAfee的合理解釋?zhuān)摻灰子谌ツ臧嗽鹿?。該機(jī)構(gòu)在英特爾9,000人的軟件和服務(wù)部門(mén)中占34%。 在英特爾的幫助下，McAfee正迅速將其軟件擴(kuò)展至新x86和嵌入式設(shè)計(jì)中。英特爾已經(jīng)宣布，它正將McAfee安全代理（agent）嵌入到VxWorks核以及其旗下風(fēng)河公司（Wind River）的其它產(chǎn)品內(nèi)。 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 參考英文原文：Intel: ARM gets Windows four ways, by Rick Merritt

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{pagination} Intel: ARM gets Windows four ways Rick Merritt SAN JOSE – Microsoft's move to put Windows on ARM processors will result in a fragmented set of four environments, none of which will run legacy PC Windows apps, said Intel executives. Separately Intel said it will roll out this fall software from McAfee to enable a new level of security on its processors. Supporting Windows 8 could cost ARM companies billions, said Intel chief executive Paul Otellini at an annual analyst meeting here. Microsoft announced in January its next version of Windows will support ARM chips. "Yes, the ARM guys are getting a port to Windows, but it's really four ports [because] every OS has to be written to a chip so Microsoft is really doing four ports of Windows to ARM," he said. Otellini did not describe the four versions of Windows for ARM. He showed slides suggesting they could be targeted to specific versions of the ARM core or SoC implementations of the cores from ARM licensees. Renee James, general manager of Intel's software and services group described two major variants of Windows 8—a traditional PC version and for versions for ARM SoCs. The PC version will support legacy PC apps and have a Windows 7 compatibility mode, she said. The ARM SoC versions deliver a new mobile experience optimized for tablet and clamshell systems and "will not be running legacy apps not now or ever," James said. The ARM SoC version of Windows 8 will also run on Intel's x86 chips, she said. Intel has no intentions of using its license to build ARM chips, added Otellini. Separately, Intel will roll out in the third quarter software from McAfee for creating trusted operating system or virtual machine environments. The software resides below the level of the OS or hypervisor and extends to those environments the hardware root of trust built into Intel's chips. Intel has long supported the hardware root of trust defined by the Trusted Computing Group, an industry standards alliance. But to date major operating systems such as Windows have not enabled extending that level of security beyond the hardware. "We can harden the system architecture to dramatically minimize the growing malware threat," said David DeWalt, president of Intel's McAfee subsidiary, officially acquired in late February. "There is no way we can watch malware growth with the same security model" in use today, he said. Enabling the CPU-based security model was on rationale for Intel's $7.68 billion bid to acquire McAfee, a deal announced in August. The group now makes up 34 percent of Intel's 9,000-person software and services unit. McAfee is also moving quickly to extend its software with Intel's help into new x86 and embedded designs. Intel already announced it is embedding McAfee security agents into the kernel of VxWorks and other products from its Wind River subsidiary.