With the next major update to Windows 11, Microsoft has promised some performance improvements on emulating Intel and AMD code on an Arm-based Windows laptop. The new x86-64 emulator is called Prism, ...

Windows on Arm had a good year. The gap between x86 and Arm Windows laptops is narrowing, and it’ll narrow further in 2026.

With rumors of Nvidia entering the CPU market, 2025 might be an even bigger year for Microsoft’s Arm efforts. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, ...

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 ...

Signs point to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processors showing up in actual, real-world, human-purchasable computers in the next couple of months after years of speculation and another year or so of ...

Windows on Arm: This is how well 64-bit emulation is working Your email has been sent 64-bit apps on Windows on Arm are a work in progress: some are native, many work well with the new 64-bit ...

One of the challenges Microsoft faced when bringing Windows to computers with ARM processors was that many Windows applications were designed for x86 chips like the ones Intel and AMD product. So ...

Windows 11 running on a Surface Pro X with the ARM64EC version of Outlook. What Windows 11 means for Windows on Arm, and why it will bring more big name apps Your email has been sent Making it easier ...

A version of Windows that runs on CPUs from ARM rather than Intel. ARM CPUs are noted for their lower power requirement, which is why they are the processors in all smartphones and tablets. Microsoft ...

Starting today, Parallels Desktop versions 18 and 19 are capable of running Arm versions of Windows 11 on M3 Macs. Parallels was already the first solution authorized by Microsoft for running Arm ...

ARM-based Windows 10 PCs like the Surface Pro X have been limited to running non-native apps with 32-bit code — frustrating when many apps are either 64-bit only or are more capable using the newer ...