In its attempts to implement Silverlight RIA technology into vatiety of platforms, Microsoft teamed up with world’s largest semiconductor chip maker Intel to announce Silverlight to be run on Intel Atom-Based systems preferentially on Moblin OS (open-source operating system and application stack for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), netbooks, and nettops).
According to Intel’s officials Moblin will support Silverlight 3. During a keynote address at the event, Renee James, Intel’s corporate vice president and general manager of the company’s Software and Services Group, and Ian Ellison-Taylor, Microsoft’s general manager for Client Platforms and Tools, announced the news of negotiations over Moblin’s enhancement with SIlverlight being set with Microsoft. The demonstrated. Also the speech gradually turned into presentation of IIS Smooth Streaming on Atom-based devices running both Windows 7 and Moblin.
In addition Silverlight was stated to be one of the technologies supported in Intel’s recently announced Atom Developer Program.
Microsoft To Team With Intel
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 7:18 am