- Jan 8, 2011
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Source: Future Windows 10 phones could run full-fledged PC programs
It appears that the HP Elite x3’s highlight feature—the ability to run PC software on a phone—may actually find its way into Windows 10 Mobile’s core at some point in the future.
Frequent Windows sleuth WalkingCat dredged up hints of Windows 10's ability to emulate x86 (read: PC) software on ARM (read: mobile) processors, via a “CHPE” designation in code.
Mary Jo Foley, a Windows reporter with impeccable sources, followed up on the report today. Foley says “CHPE” indeed refers to Microsoft plans to introduce x86 emulation to Windows 10 in a “Redstone 3” update in fall 2017. The “C” stands for “Cobalt,” Microsoft’s code name for x86 emulation, according to her sources; “HP” literally stands for the company HP; and “E” remains unclear, but potentially stands for “emulation.”
So why does this matter? Because native x86 software support would dramatically improve the utility of Continuum.
Read via Newsstand for Web: http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIww9iFyDA
It appears that the HP Elite x3’s highlight feature—the ability to run PC software on a phone—may actually find its way into Windows 10 Mobile’s core at some point in the future.
Frequent Windows sleuth WalkingCat dredged up hints of Windows 10's ability to emulate x86 (read: PC) software on ARM (read: mobile) processors, via a “CHPE” designation in code.
Mary Jo Foley, a Windows reporter with impeccable sources, followed up on the report today. Foley says “CHPE” indeed refers to Microsoft plans to introduce x86 emulation to Windows 10 in a “Redstone 3” update in fall 2017. The “C” stands for “Cobalt,” Microsoft’s code name for x86 emulation, according to her sources; “HP” literally stands for the company HP; and “E” remains unclear, but potentially stands for “emulation.”
So why does this matter? Because native x86 software support would dramatically improve the utility of Continuum.
Read via Newsstand for Web: http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIww9iFyDA
