Microsoft has announced it is working on x86 64-bit emulation for Windows 10 on ARM-based systems.<\/p>\n
This is according to a blog post<\/strong><\/a> from Windows and Devices Chief Product Officer Panos Panay, who offered several updates on the state of the Windows PC ecosystem.<\/p>\n According to Panay, the capability will start to roll out to the Windows Insider Program in November.<\/p>\n The development means Windows devices powered by ARM processors – like Microsoft’s Surface Pro X laptop – could soon be able to run 64-bit Windows applications.<\/p>\n The Surface Pro X is Microsoft’s first computer to use its own custom-designed ARM-based processor.<\/p>\n ARM processors are known to provide solid power efficiency, which makes them ideal for use in compact portable devices with little space for processing power and batteries.<\/p>\n The company collaborated with Qualcomm to develop the SQ1 chip, which is based on Snapdragon and an AI accelerator.<\/p>\n While the device has been praised for its performance in comparison with previous attempts at ARM-based Windows computers,\u00a0 one of the biggest issues with the platform at the moment is its lacking app selection.<\/p>\n Despite the fact that the SQ1 is a 64-bit processor, Windows only has an emulation layer which lets x86 32-bit apps run on its ARM-based system.<\/p>\n So unless an app has been specifically designed for native ARM support, it runs on the 32-bit emulation layer, which makes it very slow.<\/p>\n Additionally, many modern apps – including Adobe’s Creative Suite – are now 64-bit.<\/p>\n The news of 64-bit emulation comes as reports<\/strong><\/a> point to the imminent launch of an updated ARM-based Surface Pro X.<\/p>\n According to Windows Central, the 2020 version will feature Microsoft’s SQ2 processor, which is expected to be based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip.<\/p>\n This means it could possibly be the first Microsoft device to support 5G connectivity. 5G is already supported on a range of Windows 10 devices, including the Lenovo Yoga 5G, which is powered by an ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.<\/p>\n The biggest change in terms of design will be the option of a platinum colour, which has been available on other Surface Pro laptops, like the Surface Pro 3.<\/p>\n Microsoft has announced it is working on x86 64-bit emulation for Windows 10 on ARM-based systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":369673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[4018,123,26970,66879],"class_list":["post-369637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-arm-processors","tag-microsoft","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-on-arm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369677,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369637\/revisions\/369677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}New Surface Pro X coming<\/h3>\n
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