Windows 7 Feature #4: The KERNEL

Windows 7 will be a major topic of technical sessions at WinHEC 2008. The following improvements and additions to Windows 7 (and Server 2008 R2) kernel components will be discussed:

1. WDDM 1.1
   
2. Direct3D 11
3. Desktop Window Manager requires Direct3D 10
4. D2D, a new hardware-accelerated 2D API built on top of Direct3D 10
5. NDIS 6.20
6. DirectX Video Acceleration-High Definition (DXVA-HD)
7. AVCHD camera support and Universal Video Class 1.1
8. Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PDBA) for TV tuner cards
9. Bluetooth audio stack
10. Hyper-V and VHD support
11. More than 64 logical processors

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