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Visual Studio 2022 17.4 for Windows x64, Mac, and Arm64 is now available, .NET 7 in tow too

Usama Jawad — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 02:20:01 +0000

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 is now live. It is the first release of the IDE to have native support for Arm64, and it also packs the latest version of .NET. A preview for version 17.5 is ready too. Read more...

ARM64EC now fully supports Windows 11 on ARM

Usama Jawad — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its ARM64EC application binary interface (ABI) is now fully supported on Windows 11 on ARM. It allows developers to mix and match x64 and ARM code in a single codebase. Read more...

Windows on ARM PCs can now run x64 apps on the Insider Program

Rich Woods — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:00:41 +0000

With today's Windows Insider Preview build in the Dev channel, Windows on ARM users can now run emulated x64 apps, opening the door to a much wider range to app compatibility, such as Adobe CC. Read more...

It's official: x64 emulation is coming to Windows on ARM

Rich Woods — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:03:43 +0000

Microsoft today made the long-awaited announcement that you'll be able to run AMD64 apps in emulation on Windows on ARM. It's coming to all generations of the platform, back to the Snapdragon 835. Read more...

References to Windows 10 on ARM emulation support for 64-bit Intel apps spotted on GitHub

Abhay V — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:26:01 +0000

We exclusively reported last year that Microsoft is working on support for 64-bit Intel (x86) apps for Windows 10 on ARM. Now, a code commit on GitHub by Microsoft further confirms those efforts. Read more...

Exclusive: Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit Intel app emulation to Windows on ARM

Rich Woods — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:16:01 +0000

Current Windows on ARM PCs can only run native ARM64 apps and emulated 32-bit Intel apps, but that's all going to change. Microsoft is working to bring 64-bit emulation to the platform. Read more...

Windows 10 on ARM will support 64-bit apps in May, but not the ones you want [Update]

Rich Woods — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:30:01 +0000

According to reports, Microsoft will be releasing an ARM64 SDK at its Build 2018 developer conference in May. Unfortunately, it still doesn't solve the problem of currently unsupported x64 apps. Read more...

64-bit Firefox poised to launch in the near future

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:24:01 +0000

Mozilla seems to have finally decided that a 64-bit version of its popular Firefox browser is a worthy project to focus on. Unfortunately the first such version is only expected to launch next year. Read more...