Who says hardware is just about chips? Gibson Guitar this year again exhibited at Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference\r\nin Seattle. Its booth drew a crowd of music enthusiasts.
This year, like last, Microsoft is calling on hardware makers to develop 64-bit drivers for their products. While 32-bit software will work with 64-bit Windows, 32-bit drivers won’t.
At times, the gaming competition sponsored by chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices drew large crowds and offered a nice break from highly technical WinHEC sessions.
Microsoft’s WinHEC booth buzzed as attendees checked out the various stations explaining the technologies in Windows Vista as well as other Microsoft products.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
