The system components which now run in kernel have been converted from EXEs to DLLs, which get loaded into kernel space.Some system components (such as filesystem, GWES (graphics, windowing, events server), device driver manager) have been moved to the kernel space.Windows Phone 7, the first major release of the Windows Phone operating system, is based on Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 although Windows Phone 7 is also using Windows Embedded Compact 7 features. Windows Mobile 6.5 is based on Windows CE 5.2. The OS currently serves as the basis for the Zune HD portable media player. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 was released on November 1, 2006, and includes partial source code. Windows Embedded CE is a background system on most devices that have it.
Windows Embedded CE is commonly used in supermarket self-checkouts and cars as a display. Each process receives 2 GB of virtual address space, up from 32 MB. CE 6.0 features a kernel that supports 32,768 processes, up from the 32-process limit of prior versions. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 (codenamed ' Yamazaki') is the sixth major release of the Microsoft Windows embedded operating system targeted to enterprise-specific tools such as industrial controllers and consumer electronics devices like digital cameras.
Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative).
