Arm versus x86 is a battle for the ages. And 2025 was meant to be the year that Arm chips finally made inroads into the PC ...

Back when Microsoft first split Windows 8 in twain, it initially called the two divisions Windows 8 and Windows on ARM (WoA). Outwardly, Microsoft's justification was that it wanted to ensure a smooth ...

So Microsoft has a new implementation of their own version of Rosetta called Prism, and apparently they're pretty confident about it. Unlike previous attempts, the performance of x86 Windows software ...

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 and the company really, really hopes you’ll either upgrade to Windows 11 (if you have an eligible PC) or buy a new computer running the ...

Microsoft has released an update for its Prism emulator that adds support for x86 apps that require AVX and AVX2 extensions, such as Ableton Live 12.

We installed a bushel of x86 Windows programs on a new Snapdragon X Elite laptop to see if Microsoft’s claims of smooth operation on its new emulator pan out. You may be surprised by our results. I've ...

In the recently published “Microsoft Surface: Zune 2.0, or a return to past greatness?” I discussed Microsoft's recently announced mobile computers relative to both Windows 8-based platforms from ...

The recent introduction of Windows 10 Technical Preview has made many pundits wonder about the future of Microsoft’s Windows RT, an inexpensive, low-power version of Windows 8 designed to run on the ...

After years, the wait for Intel-based Windows smartphones could be coming to an end. The Windows 10 Mobile OS—popularly known as Windows Phone—can now run on x86 chips, according to a Microsoft Web ...

If you’re in the market for a new laptop or tablet you may have come across several options that fall under the Windows on Arm ecosystem. What’s Arm, you ask? Simply put, it’s the processor ...

Microsoft is working on an emulator enabling systems with ARM processors to run x86 applications, according to sources speaking to Mary Jo Foley, and the capability will ship in the update codenamed ...