Microsoft on Friday, January 15 announced updates to its support policy for Windows on certain types of computer processors. The changes show Microsoft wanting Windows 10 to be running on the latest silicon, VentureBeat reports.

The news is particularly important to Microsoft’s longtime partner Intel. The 14-nanometer Intel Core sixth-generation chips codenamed Skylake first showed up on the market last year, and the launch has propelled Intel financially.

But many large companies want to keep running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, and Microsoft wants to support those operating systems for some devices coming out with Skylake. Microsoft is now preparing a list of certain new devices with Intel Skylake chips that it will support for when they’re running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 — but not forever, as Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices Group, explained in a blog post. The idea is that companies will then upgrade their Skylake devices to Windows 10.

“Through July 17, 2017, Skylake devices on the supported list will also be supported with Windows 7 and 8.1,” Myerson wrote. “During the 18-month support period, these systems should be upgraded to Windows 10 to continue receiving support after the period ends. After July 2017, the most critical Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 security updates will be addressed for these configurations, and will be released if the update does not risk the reliability or compatibility of the Windows 7/8.1 platform on other devices.”