How to emulate x86’s success
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LAST MONTH, I touched on the fact that the first official Microsoft AI PCs would be running a Qualcomm Arm-based CPU. This begs one obvious question: what about old software? Arm chips tend to be more efficient, but what good is that if you can’t use your favorite apps?
Jeremy Laird
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The 7th Gen Microsoft Surface will reveal just how well the Snapdragon X Elite can emulate x86 software.
Some key apps, including Chrome and Photoshop, will be available in native Arm format
The CPU cores in Apple’s new M4 chip are scary, as in scary fast. Seriously. The M4 cranks out about 3,800 points in Geekbench 6 single core. That compares with roughly 3,300 points for an Intel Core i9-14900K. Remember, that’s an M4 running in a tablet. It’s only in the iPad Pro for now, not in any Mac computer.