Security News > 2021 > June > Windows 11 may support Intel 7th gen, AMD Zen 1 CPUs in the future
Microsoft announced today that they might lower the Windows 11 system requirements to allow Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1 CPUs to use the new operating system.
Even if your hardware had no problems running Windows 10, Microsoft decided only to allow Intel 8th generation, AMD Zen 2, and Qualcomm 7 and 8 Series processors to be compatible with Windows 11.
To meet the principle, all Windows 11 supported CPUs have an embedded TPM, support secure boot, and support VBS and specific VBS capabilities.
It has the fundamentals of >1GHz, 2-c. After the immense negative feedback from users running Windows 10 flawlessly and now finding their devices unable to run Windows 11, Microsoft has stated in a blog post that they may lower the hardware requirements to include Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1 CPUs.
"As we release to Windows Insiders and partner with our OEMs, we will test to identify devices running on Intel 7th generation and AMD Zen 1 that may meet our principles," Microsoft said in a new blog post.
The confusion continues as a more detailed Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements doc indicates that OEMs can request approval to ship Windows 11 without TPM support enabled.