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posted by martyb on Sunday April 23 2017, @01:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the but-will-it-run-FillInTheBlank? dept.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-ultralight-pcs-based-on-arm-smartphone-chips-set-for-q4-says-qualcomm/

The ARM partnership between Microsoft and Qualcomm is notable as it expands Windows 10's existing support of x86 chips from Intel and AMD. It also looks set to overcome the constraints of Microsoft's previous ARM effort with Windows RT.

The Snapdragon 835 PCs will run full Windows 10 desktop, which has been compiled natively for Qualcomm's SoCs. They'll also run Win32 apps via an emulator, as well as universal Windows apps. Microsoft billed the forthcoming devices as a "truly mobile, power-efficient, always-connected cellular PC".


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 23 2017, @06:41AM (4 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday April 23 2017, @06:41AM (#498198) Journal

    They'll also run Win32 apps via an emulator, as well as universal Windows apps.

    Ie, for native software there's no emulation gain to be had.

    Anyone has a suggestion for software that is useful to make a comparison with? MS-Word with some CPU sucking macro seems not very representative of real tasks.

    Btw translation for the forthcoming devices: "truly stalking, power-efficient, always-spying with nearby phone-home"

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by migz on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:09AM (1 child)

    by migz (1807) on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:09AM (#498240)

    > MS-Word with some CPU sucking macro seems not very representative of real tasks.
    Pft...Kid you ain't never been anywhere near corporate.

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:17AM

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday April 23 2017, @09:17AM (#498242) Journal

      Yes Word is used. But it may not be the best software to compare processor performance other than for word processing specific use.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday April 23 2017, @12:44PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday April 23 2017, @12:44PM (#498301) Journal

    Anyone has a suggestion for software that is useful to make a comparison with? MS-Word with some CPU sucking macro seems not very representative of real tasks.

    Starting on http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-amd-ryzen-5-1600x-vs-core-i5-review-twelve-threads-vs-four/5 [anandtech.com]

    Adobe Reader DC
    FCAT Processing
    3D Particle Movement v2.1
    DigiCortex 1.20
    Agisoft Photoscan 1.0
    Corona 1.3
    Blender 2.78
    POV-Ray 3.7.1
    Cinebench R15
    SunSpider 1.0.2
    Mozilla Kraken 1.1
    Google Octane 2.0
    WebXPRT 2013 and 2015
    7-Zip
    WinRAR 5.40
    TrueCrypt (will this be dropped by them for VeraCrypt?)
    HandBrake
    PCMark8
    Chromium Compile
    SYSmark 2014 SE

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    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 23 2017, @07:34PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday April 23 2017, @07:34PM (#498475) Journal

      These will run on both Snapdragon 835 PC and x86?