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Intel High Definition Audio (IHDA) (also called HD Audio or development codename Azalia) is a specification for the audio sub-system of personal computers. It was released by Intel in 2004 as the successor to their AC'97 PC audio standard.
During the Windows 2000, XP, 2003 timeframe there was an old tool Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) to certify devices. When Windows Vista was released the tool was replaced by Driver Test Manager (DTM) which can certify drivers for all then-supported platforms. At that time DTM was part of Windows Driver Kit (WDK).
Certified for Vista Logo Warning for uncertified hardware drivers on Windows XP The "Found New Hardware Wizard" of Windows XP. Products that pass the WHQL tests get to use a "Certified for Windows" logo, which certifies that the hardware or software has had some share of testing by Microsoft to ensure compatibility.
A hardware compatibility list (HCL) is a list of computer hardware (typically including many types of peripheral devices) that is compatible with a particular operating system or device management software. The list contains both whole computer systems and specific hardware elements including motherboards, sound cards, and video cards. [1]
Three classes of audio devices are supported by default: USB, IEEE 1394 , and Intel High Definition Audio, which supports PCI and PCI Express. Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft requires all computer and audio device manufacturers to support Universal Audio Architecture in order to pass Windows Logo certification.
In 2004, Intel released Intel High Definition Audio (HD Audio) which is a successor that is not backward compatible with AC'97. [2] HD Audio has the capability to define up to 15 output channels, but in practice most motherboards provide no more than 8 channels ( 7.1 surround sound ).
Microsoft announced to incorporate ASIO into their USB Audio Class 2 driver for their Arm64 architecture. [5] While originally supporting MacOS, the introduction of Core Audio with macOS X made ASIO support for this OS unnecessary. There is also an experimental ASIO driver for Wine, WineASIO, [6] for a Windows compatibility layer for Linux. [7]