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by SyneRyder 3308 days ago
Microsoft has had videos out for a while of their x86 emulation. They have a demo of loading Photoshop CC, and it looks close to native speed, though I notice a bit of window refresh. Looks usable, but I'd like to see more demos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_GlGglbu1U&t=80s
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kbenson 3308 days ago
Not only that, but if you are making UWP packages (for the windows store? I'm not sure if they are standalone as well), you can ship both x86 and ARM binaries together. I'm probably butchering the details, but the presentation and accompanying HN discussion was interesting[1]. The video is pretty cool, as they demo real running x86 and ARM binaries on the same system, and explain some seriously cool stuff WRT x86 emulation.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14318406

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davrosthedalek 3308 days ago
But isn't Photoshop a prime example of a program you'd want to run in 64bit mode? Mo'ram mo'better?
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