Microsoft Progresses in 64-Bit Windows App Emulation for ARM PCs
May. 18, 2020Late last year,Neowinreported that Microsoft is working on bringing 64-bit emulation to ARM PCs running onWindows 10. A recent GitHub commit that dates back to March this year spotted by Twitter user Longhorn who is part of checkra1n jailbreak team hints that Microsoft has progressed towards achieving that goal.
As of now, Windows 10 ARM PCs can emulate 32-bit Windows apps, thanks to Windows on Windows abstraction layer. With this addition,users may finally be able to run full-blown 64-bit versions of Windows applications, say Adobe Premiere Pro, in emulation.
The commit was authored by Kenny Kerr, a software engineer part of the Windows team and it reads “Add linker support for x64 code emulation on ARM64”. This is good news for people looking forward to using 64-bitWindows appson ARM PCs.
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