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LurkerJ said:
Zkuq said:
The video description says it comes "complete with x86 Win32 and UWP apps such as Adobe PhotoShop, Microsoft Office and popular Windows 10 games and videos". Does this mean it has x86 emulation, because I'm not sure what else it could mean and that would be huge.

"Traditional Windows apps can only run on X86 chips, not ARM—thus, the failed Windows RT. To get around this, Qualcomm (and only Qualcomm) is working with Microsoft to emulate X86 instructions, the companies said. Microsoft itself crafted the X86 hardware emulator, according to industry sources. The emulator software attempts to minimize any CPU overhead by handling only CPU calls. Instructions sent to any associated storage, I/O, or GPU are all handled natively by those components, the company said. One source said Adobe’s Photoshop, one application Microsoft is expected to show at WinHEC, apparently runs well. "

Wow, that's actually really impressive. Well, I guess it can't be that hard really, but that's a really significant advantage for this. In case you couldn't tell, I don't like watching videos and I didn't even think there could be anything important there this time. :P