In my boredom I re-listened to the WP8 Keynote from June 2012
One of things Joe B talked about in the 8 platform announcements was the support for multi-core processors
As I listened again, I noticed that he said WP8 kernel could (shared kernel with desktop and servers) run on 64 core machines but that didn't mean it was ready.
As a matter of fact, around the 12:00min mark he says
* single core WP8 software will not be ready in 2012
* quad-core+ WP8 software will not be not ready in 2012
I think this rules out any quad-core HTC devices being released in 2012 as the current version of WP8 has only been focused on dual-core devices.
I do hope that MS adds support for quad-core devices ( for the spec crowd and subsequent bragging rights ) early 2013 as Qualcomm is now ready to release their quad-core processors
Snapdragon? Processors | All-in-One Mobile Processor | Qualcomm
The LG Optimus G uses this processor.
Again, I expect WP8 to run smoothly on a dual core devices, but I don't want WP8 to limit the OEM from releasing their latest and greatest devices ( like 2010,2011) because of the limitation of the OS
One of things Joe B talked about in the 8 platform announcements was the support for multi-core processors
As I listened again, I noticed that he said WP8 kernel could (shared kernel with desktop and servers) run on 64 core machines but that didn't mean it was ready.
As a matter of fact, around the 12:00min mark he says
The work we have been doing on WP8 has been focused on dual-core for this fall and we are doing all the optimization on dual core first for WP8 devices...
* single core WP8 software will not be ready in 2012
* quad-core+ WP8 software will not be not ready in 2012
I think this rules out any quad-core HTC devices being released in 2012 as the current version of WP8 has only been focused on dual-core devices.
I do hope that MS adds support for quad-core devices ( for the spec crowd and subsequent bragging rights ) early 2013 as Qualcomm is now ready to release their quad-core processors
Snapdragon? Processors | All-in-One Mobile Processor | Qualcomm
The LG Optimus G uses this processor.
Again, I expect WP8 to run smoothly on a dual core devices, but I don't want WP8 to limit the OEM from releasing their latest and greatest devices ( like 2010,2011) because of the limitation of the OS