Microsoft Windows 8 operating system is in the planning
stage.
A recent job posting by Microsoft revealed the successor to the
recently launched
Windows 7 is already at its embryonic stage.
According to neowin.net, a job posting on Microsoft's careers
site describes a role as
helping to shape Windows 8.
"As part of
this team, you will help shape Windows 8. Components of our code
include a core agent that runs as an NT service, an API layer and a
UI application. We talk to the update servers using web
services and we have special protocols in place to deal with the
massive scale of the system" notes the job listing," said the
posting.
It was revealed by the website
www.codenamewindows.com
A Microsoft Researcher accidentally revealed some of the plans for
Windows 8 and 9 last month, in his
LinkedIn profile.
Robert Morgan, who has worked at Microsoft Research for seven
years, posted on his LinkedIn profile that he has been "working in
high security department for research and development involving
strategic planning for medium and long term projects".
The high security projects he lists in his profile include
128-bit architectures for future versions of Windows, involving
Intel, AMD, HP and IBM.
Mainstream processors mainly use 32-bit and 64-bit technology,
which is regarded as enough to cover almost any conceivable
application. Graphics processors, such as the chips used on the
Sony PlayStation, are based on 128-bit technology. It improves the
parallel processing required to render computer game graphics in
real time.