A karshen shekarar da ta gabata, Microsoft ya sanar da sakin Windows Dev Kit 2023, wanda aka yi lissafinsa azaman "na'urar da masu haɓakawa suka gina kuma aka gina don masu haɓakawa." Musamman ma, ƙaramin PC ne na gine-ginen ARM wanda ya zo tare da manufar haɓaka adadin aikace-aikacen da haɓaka dandamalin Windows akan ARM.
Ya kamata a lura cewa masu sarrafa ARM don PC ba sabon tunani ba ne. An yi ƙoƙari shekaru goma da suka wuce ta amfani da matsayin gwaji Surface RT kwamfutar hannu, amma bai yi aiki ba (a lokacin an yi magana game da yawan asarar da ke kusa da dala miliyan 900). Yanzu Microsoft yana sake gwadawa kuma, a fili, tare da ƙarin garantin nasara.
A wannan lokacin yana da daraja tunawa menene ainihin processor ARM kuma me yasa ya bambanta da na gargajiya x86 64 gine na PC.
Har zuwa yanzu, ana amfani da na'urori masu sarrafa ARM ne kawai a cikin na'urorin hannu, tun da ƙarancin amfani da ƙarancin wutar lantarki ba sa buƙatar tsarin sanyaya kamar wanda ake buƙata, misali, a cikin PC. Suna da ƙaramin tsari kuma suna buƙatar ƙarancin transistor akan guntu don aiki, don haka suna da arha don kera.
Shi ya sa, ƙalubalen aiwatar da ARM a cikin Windows yana da rikitarwa. Matsalolin da yake ɗagawa suna da alama ba za a iya warware su ba: gazawa a cikin aikin gabaɗaya da rashin yiwuwar aiwatar da aikace-aikacen Win32, waɗanda sune mafiya yawa a cikin Windows, tare da ƙarancin yarda.
Bi hanyar Apple
Kuma duk da haka, a lokaci guda, aiki ne mai ban sha'awa. Don cimma wannan, zai zama muhimmin mataki. Wataƙila Windows Dev Kit 2023 shine kayan aikin da zai kawo bambanci.
Kyakkyawar fata na masu ƙirƙirar Windows Dev Kit 2023 ya dogara ne akan nasarorin gasar. Wadannan abubuwa wani lokaci suna faruwa a duniyar kasuwanci da kirkire-kirkire. A lokacin, Apple ya yanke shawarar yin fare akan ARM kuma ta haka ne iPads na farko da aka ƙera da irin waɗannan na'urori suka isa. Tun daga nan har yau sana’ar ba ta yi musu illa ba. Da alama sun yi caca sun ci nasara. A wannan lokacin, kamfanin Cupertino ya saita iyakar tsawon shekaru uku don duk sabbin na'urorin sa don haɗa wannan samfurin na'urori masu sarrafawa.
Daya daga cikin karfin da Apple ke da shi shi ne, ba ya gabatar da irin rarrabuwar kawuna da sauran manhajoji irin su Android ko Windows ke fama da su. Gaskiyar samun damar inganta tsarin aiki na MacOS akan kowane gine-ginen sanannen fa'ida ne. A kan wannan, yanayin yanayin Windows ya gabatar da abubuwa da yawa masu rikitarwa: masana'antun da yawa daban-daban, da kuma babban adadin na'urori, kayan haɗi da aikace-aikace don tallafawa.
Don haka mahimmancin labarai. Windows Dev Kit 2023 na iya zama abin da Microsoft ke buƙata don bin sawun Apple: mafi sauki shine mafi kyau. Tabbas, ko da yake an ɗauki babban mataki, yanzu ya zo mafi mahimmancin sashi: yana nuna cewa wannan kayan aiki ne mai amfani kuma zai yi aiki yadda ya kamata.
Windows Dev Kit 2023 cikakkun bayanai
A cikin Mayu 2022, yayin taron BUILD, Microsoft ya riga ya sanar da sakin Windows Dev Kit 2023 mai zuwa a ƙarƙashin sunan "Volterra Project", ko da yake wannan ba zai ga hasken ba sai Oktoba. Da farko, an samar da kit ɗin ga masu haɓakawa a cikin ƙasashe 8: Ostiraliya, Kanada, China, Faransa, Jamus, Japan, Burtaniya, da Amurka.
A zahiri, muna magana ne game da ƙaramin PC (wanda Microsoft ta fara kasuwa) dangane da Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SoC, tare da ƙaramin girman 196 x 152 x 27,6 mm da nauyin 960 g.
Saboda kamanceceniya da Mac Mini, ba za a iya yanke hukuncin cewa nan gaba duka za mu iya siyan Windows Dev Kit don amfanin kanmu kuma mu yi amfani da shi kullum a gida.
Wannan na'urar tana 32 GB na RAM da 512 GB na ajiya mai sauri da nau'ikan tashoshin jiragen ruwa daban-daban: Wi-Fi 6 da aka gina a ciki, ethernet na zahiri, 3x USB-A da 2x USB-C, tare da tashar Mini Nuni. Har ila yau, yana ba ku damar sarrafa har zuwa na'urori 3 na waje a lokaci guda.
Ko da yake babban makasudin wannan kit ɗin shine baiwa masu haɓaka ingantaccen tsarin ci gaba don ARM, yana kuma ba mu wasu dama masu ban sha'awa kamar haɗawa. Ingantattun ƙwarewar AI a cikin ƙa'idodin da NPU (Sashin sarrafa Jijiya) ke ƙarfafawa. Komai, ba shakka, ba tare da lalata aikin su ba.
Kamar yadda yake da nisa a gare mu a yanzu, gaskiyar ita ce yawancin kamfanoni suna haɓaka aikace-aikacen su na ARM. Ba tare da ci gaba ba, Spotify, Adobe Photoshop, Zoom ko Microsoft Office sun riga sun sami mafita na asali don ARM. Komai yana nuna cewa a cikin watanni ko shekaru masu zuwa zai zama tartsatsi.
Farashi da wadatar shi
A halin yanzu, Windows Dev Kit 2023 ya ci gaba da siyarwa akan farashin 599 daloli. Ana iya siyan shi kai tsaye daga Shagon Microsoft, kodayake ba a samunsa a duk duniya. Da alama masu haɓakawa a Spain za su jira ɗan lokaci kaɗan don samun shi.