Microsoft announces general availability of Windows Embedded Compact 2013
微軟宣布推出Windows Embedded Compact 2013正式版

June 13, 2013 — Microsoft today announced the general availability of Windows Embedded Compact 2013. Optimized for building small-footprint industry devices, Windows Embedded Compact 2013 includes powerful new tools and capabilities — including new support for Visual Studio 2012 — that extend the experience of Windows and help businesses capitalize on the Internet of Things.

6月13日消息——微軟今天宣布推出Windows Embedded Compact 2013正式版。專為構(gòu)建小型行業(yè)設(shè)備而優(yōu)化的Windows Embedded Compact 2013支持Visual Studio 2012等強(qiáng)大的新工具和特性，它將擴(kuò)展Windows的用戶體驗(yàn)，并幫助企業(yè)更好地利用物聯(lián)網(wǎng)。

The release is the latest generation of one of the smallest and most flexible products in the Windows Embedded portfolio, designed to power devices that need real-time performance and silicon flexibility, with support for x86 and ARM architectures.

該版本是最新一代Windows Embedded產(chǎn)品線中最小、最靈活的產(chǎn)品之一，該操作系統(tǒng)支持x86和ARM架構(gòu)，為那些對(duì)實(shí)時(shí)性和芯片靈活性有特殊需求的設(shè)備而設(shè)計(jì)。

Powering industry
推動(dòng)行業(yè)發(fā)展

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is ideal for powering some of the smallest industry devices, such as programmable logic controllers and human-machine interface panels used to monitor processes in manufacturing, RFID scanners in retail environments, and portable ultrasound machines and diagnostic lab equipment in healthcare settings. When these devices are connected via the cloud to backend systems, the resulting intelligent system generates data that can be harnessed and analyzed to provide actionable insight for the enterprise. That data is considered the new currency of business.

Windows Embedded Compact 2013是應(yīng)用于一些小型行業(yè)設(shè)備的理想選擇，例如可編程邏輯控制器（PLC）和人機(jī)界面(HMI)面板等，它們往往用于制造業(yè)的流程監(jiān)控、零售業(yè)的RFID掃描儀，以及醫(yī)療行業(yè)的便攜式超聲儀和實(shí)驗(yàn)室診斷設(shè)備當(dāng)中。當(dāng)這些設(shè)備通過(guò)云端連接到后臺(tái)時(shí)，形成一個(gè)智能系統(tǒng)，該智能系統(tǒng)將分析、利用自己生成的數(shù)據(jù)，為企業(yè)帶來(lái)切實(shí)可行的見(jiàn)解。這些數(shù)據(jù)被認(rèn)為是商業(yè)新財(cái)富。

“It’s now essential for businesses to tap into the vast potential of data if they want to compete,” says Kevin Dallas, general manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “With Windows Embedded powering industry devices, that data is made readily available to drive real, actionable operational intelligence for industries. Windows Embedded Compact 2013 is a really powerful, flexible platform for extending that capability to some of the smallest industry devices.”

微軟Windows 嵌入式事業(yè)部總經(jīng)理Kevin Dallas表示：“當(dāng)今的企業(yè)如果想在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中取勝就必須挖掘數(shù)據(jù)的巨大潛力。采用Windows Embedded驅(qū)動(dòng)的行業(yè)設(shè)備，可以隨時(shí)獲得這些數(shù)據(jù)，為這些行業(yè)提供真實(shí)的、可操作的運(yùn)營(yíng)情報(bào)。Windows Embedded Compact 2013是將這種能力延伸到一些最小型行業(yè)設(shè)備的真正強(qiáng)大、靈活的平臺(tái)。”

Optimized performance
優(yōu)化的性能

Users will see some major improvements to device functionality with Windows Embedded Compact 2013. “Performance was a particular focus in this release,” says Steven Bridgeland, senior product manager, Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “We have spent countless hours optimizing our code to greatly improve system and network performance, making applications feel snappier.”

采用Windows Embedded Compact 2013，用戶將體會(huì)到設(shè)備功能的一些重大改進(jìn)。微軟Windows 嵌入式事業(yè)部高級(jí)產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理Steven Bridgeland表示：“性能是該版本特別關(guān)注的一個(gè)方面。我們花費(fèi)了大量的時(shí)間來(lái)優(yōu)化代碼，從而大大提高了系統(tǒng)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)性能，使應(yīng)用程序運(yùn)行得更加順暢。”

Windows Embedded Compact 2013 features include the following:

Windows Embedded Compact 2013具備以下特性：

• Improvements to the core operating system, including memory management and networking capabilities
• Improved file-system performance, enabling devices to always be available
• Optimized startup, with snapshot boot, which allows devices to boot within seconds to a known state, such as a specific UI with device drivers loaded
• Built-in support for Wi-Fi, cellular and Bluetooth technologies, and a seamless connection to Windows Azure, for a robust, connected intelligent system
• Support from thousands of developers and partners, who have built add-on solutions, including HTML5 browsers

• 核心操作系統(tǒng)的改進(jìn)，包括內(nèi)存管理和網(wǎng)絡(luò)功能；
• 文件系統(tǒng)的性能改進(jìn)，使設(shè)備始終可用；
• 啟動(dòng)優(yōu)化，使用快照啟動(dòng)，實(shí)現(xiàn)設(shè)備在幾秒鐘內(nèi)進(jìn)入驅(qū)動(dòng)程序加載，進(jìn)入特定UI等已知狀態(tài)；
• 內(nèi)置支持Wi-Fi、蜂窩網(wǎng)絡(luò)和藍(lán)牙技術(shù)，以及無(wú)縫連接到Windows Azure，實(shí)現(xiàn)強(qiáng)大的互聯(lián)智能系統(tǒng)；
• 眾多創(chuàng)建了附加解決方案的開(kāi)發(fā)者和合作伙伴提供支持，包括HTML5瀏覽器；

Development platform
開(kāi)發(fā)平臺(tái)

The new release also offers improvements for developers who build devices on Windows Embedded Compact 2013. “With this release, we focused on making developers’ lives easier,” Bridgeland says. “Support for Visual Studio 2012 offers significant improvements for developers, including a simplified UI and sharper syntax colorization, and tools such as improved compilers, auto-generation of code snippets and XAML tools.”

新版本還為方便開(kāi)發(fā)人員在Windows Embedded Compact 2013之上構(gòu)建設(shè)備進(jìn)行了改進(jìn)。Bridgeland表示：“該版本專注于讓開(kāi)發(fā)人員的工作變得更輕松。對(duì)Visual Studio 2012的支持，給開(kāi)發(fā)人員的工作帶來(lái)了顯而易見(jiàn)的好處，包括簡(jiǎn)化的用戶界面和清晰的語(yǔ)法著色，包括改進(jìn)的編譯器、自動(dòng)生成的代碼片段和XAML工具等。”

Today’s announcement is a key component of Microsoft’s road map for intelligent systems, a vision first announced in fall 2011. Microsoft entered the embedded marketplace more than 15 years ago, and it continues to lead the evolution of intelligent systems with an extensive suite of technologies.

今天發(fā)布的產(chǎn)品是微軟2011年秋天首次公布的愿景——智能系統(tǒng)路線圖的一個(gè)重要組成部分。微軟進(jìn)入嵌入式市場(chǎng)已經(jīng)超過(guò)15年，未來(lái)將憑借其廣泛的技術(shù)組合，繼續(xù)引領(lǐng)智能系統(tǒng)的演進(jìn)。