It has a larger minimum footprint (~300 MB) compared to 40 MB of XPe and also requires product activation. Windows Embedded Standard 7 was released on April 27, 2010. Windows Embedded 8 Standard was released on March 20, 2013.
In comparison to the more compact XPe version (40 MB), Windows Embedded Standard 7 has a larger minimum storage requirement (~300 MB) and needs product activation. Windows Embedded Standard 7 was launched in April 2010, while Windows Embedded 8 Standard came out in March 2013.