Latest Windows 11 Insider Preview brings updated Prism emulator for Arm PCs

07 November 2024
The updated Prism emulator for Arm PCs supports additional CPU extensions.

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Anonymous, 07 Nov 2024Nice joke.But the reason to emulate x86 application on ARM ... moreDidn't lunar lake disprove this myth already? In every metric it beat X elite when it come to efficiency and battery life.

    Luke, 07 Nov 2024but...is the issue really in cpu architecture? :) I mean Wi... moreCurrently lunar lake beat both Apple Arm and Windows Arm when it come to standby, its combination of many things like On package memory, good low power core like Skymont, packaging etc.

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      Anonymous, 07 Nov 2024because with arm you cant upgrade any hardware that's ... moreNice joke.But the reason to emulate x86 application on ARM is because ARM chips offer better battery life and efficiency without degrading on performance (sort of).

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        gi, 07 Nov 2024Microsoft struggling with everything old windows and non ex... moreThose two things are completely unrelated. And btw, this artificial "intelligence" things is hype beyond belief. I took classes in University related to this. It's just a bunch of mathematics and probability calculations to form sequences aka sentences. I don't want AI this and AI that everywhere. Only ignorant people believe this is a breakthrough...

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          Anonymous, 07 Nov 2024I think this is hopefully another step for Arm support for ... morewindows trying to bring arm phone/tablet back? lumiaaaaa

            1989, 07 Nov 2024Windows laptops want to have the same efficiency as arm mac... moreEfficiency they already passed apple, Microsoft Surface laptop with Qualcomm x elite battery life lasts longer than any macbook on the market. The only issue is app compatibility with arm chip which they are working on, once achieved apple is history.

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              • 07 Nov 2024

              As my comments way back ago about Microsoft and ARM architecture. It's going to take a long time for Windows users to get and feel the real ARM base windows version. Unlike Mac OS users, their had miles away ahead. So, stop comparing X86 CPU architecture with ARM base SoC architecture. These two things are built different. It's like an Elephant and a Mouse 🙄

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                • 07 Nov 2024

                Microsoft struggling with everything old windows and non existent AI is only a new key on keyboard , place 100 yeah

                https://www.wolfram.com/llm-benchmarking-project/

                  Anonymous, 07 Nov 2024I think this is hopefully another step for Arm support for ... moreif these chips get better compatability, they alr have good battery life and im seeing snapdragon x plus laptops in the 600-800usd range theyll be good alternatives compared to something like a used m1/m2 macbook air

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                    • 07 Nov 2024

                    And it gets tied to probably another forced AI feature from Microsoft ☠️

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                      • 07 Nov 2024

                      I think this is hopefully another step for Arm support for Windows. Hopefully more applications will be natively arm rather than X86 and running through an emulation layer.

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                        1989, 07 Nov 2024Windows laptops want to have the same efficiency as arm mac... morebut...is the issue really in cpu architecture? :) I mean Windows was never capable of running when not on power cord ...regardless of suspended/hybernated/etc states.. just that OS does not run efficiently.. idk if ARM would solve those issues...

                          Luke, 07 Nov 2024hmm, what is the point to have windows on ARM, can someone ... moreARM tends to have better efficiency compared to x86 processors. Since not much apps supported on ARM version of Windows, that's why x86 (x86 version of Windows has more apps support since... well, y'know, Windows have been using x86 since Day 1) to ARM emulation is needed.

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                            Luke, 07 Nov 2024hmm, what is the point to have windows on ARM, can someone ... moreWindows laptops want to have the same efficiency as arm macbooks, thats still a long way away but theyre trying.

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                              Luke, 07 Nov 2024hmm, what is the point to have windows on ARM, can someone ... morebecause with arm you cant upgrade any hardware that's what all oem want

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                                • 07 Nov 2024

                                hmm, what is the point to have windows on ARM, can someone share some info?
                                I mean emulating ARM code on Windows/x86 is one thing, but why on Earth we would like to do the other way around!?!?

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