Speed ​​shift technology and smt are to blame for the exclusivity of zen and kaby lake in windows 10

We have recently learned that the next AMD Zen and Intel Kaby Lake processors will only be compatible with the Windows 10 operating system (Mac and Linux to band) so they should not be able to be used in previous versions of the Microsoft operating system, something that has certainly caused a stir on the net and finally we have the explanation.

Microsoft explains the exclusivity of AMD Zen and Intel Kaby Lake with Windows 10

The incompatibility of the new AMD Zen and Intel Kaby Lake processors with previous versions of Windows is due to some of their new technologies, specifically the AMD Multi-Threadin g (SMT) and Intel Power Management. The first of these is a solution very similar to Intel's HyperThreading to allow each cores to handle two threads of data thereby simulating two logical cores. AMD has also discussed multi-domain clock-gating technology that cuts off power to parts of the chip that are not working to reduce power consumption.

Power Management is a new energy saving and management tool that Intel has created to improve the efficiency of its new processors and that allows the processor to be able to adjust its operating frequency to match processing loads with a response time. 15 ms. With this new technology the system will be able to raise or lower the clock speeds of 66.66 times per second without using the CPU.

These new technologies are not supported in previous versions of Windows, so the processors will not work correctly, of course Microsoft could launch a new update to add the necessary features, but instead it will continue in its efforts to force users to upgrade the operating system to Windows 10. Of course you can make the jump to Mac or Linux to continue enjoying all the improvements of AMD and Intel without going through the obligations of Microsoft.

Source: techpowerup