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What's new ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Minimum hardware requirements ........................................................................................................................ 6 Minimum hardware requirements ......................................................................................................................... 10 Section 1.0 - Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1.1 Purpose of this specification ................................................................................................................. 10 1.1.2 Windows operating systems ................................................................................................................. 11 1.1.3 Device types supported by Windows ................................................................................................ 12 1.1.4 Organization of this specification ........................................................................................................ 13 1.1.5 Specification updates ............................................................................................................................... 13 1.1.6 Design verification and compliance ................................................................................................... 13 1.2 Minimum hardware requirements summary for Windows 10 ..................................................... 14 Section 2.0 - Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 10 Mobile .......................................... 20 2.1 SoC ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 2.3 Storage .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 2.3.1 Flash type and layout ............................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.2 Free up space for update ........................................................................................................................ 22 2.3.3 User flash ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.4 SD card .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.4 Display ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 2.4.1 Resolution, bit depth, and size ............................................................................................................. 24 2.4.2 Pixel aspect ratio ........................................................................................................................................ 24 2.4.3 Refresh rate for display panel hardware ........................................................................................... 25 2.4.4 Display brightness levels ......................................................................................................................... 25 2.5 Sensors .............................................................................................................................................................. 25 2.5.1 Ambient light sensor ................................................................................................................................ 25 2.6 Hardware buttons ......................................................................................................................................... 25 2.6.1 Button placement requirements for phones that run Windows 10 Mobile ........................ 26 2.6.1.1 Start, Back, and Search button placement .................................................................................... 27 2.6.1.2 Power button placement ..................................................................................................................... 28 2.6.1.3 Volume Up and Volume Down button placement .................................................................... 28 2.6.1.4 Camera button placement .................................................................................................................. 28 2.6.1.5 Start, Back, and Search buttons with FWVGA.............................................................................. 28 © 2019 Microsoft. All rights reserved. iii Windows 10 Minimum Hardware Requirements 2.7 Accessibility ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 2.8 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) .............................................................................................................. 29 Section 3.0 - Minimum hardware requirements for Windows 10 for desktop editions ................ 30 3.1 Processor .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.2 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................. 30 3.3 Storage .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 3.3.1 Storage device size ................................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.2 Storage controller ...................................................................................................................................... 31 3.4 Display and graphics .................................................................................................................................... 32 3.4.1 Resolution, bit depth, and size ............................................................................................................. 32 3.4.2 Graphics......................................................................................................................................................... 32 3.5 Networking ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 3.6 Hardware buttons ......................................................................................................................................... 32 3.7 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) .............................................................................................................. 33 Section 4.0 - Minimum hardware requirements for Windows Server 2016 ....................................... 33 4.1 Processor .......................................................................................................................................................... 33 4.2 Buses .................................................................................................................................................................