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It's publicly leaked and runs on any UEFI+ACPI ARM64 hardware.
Can you refer us to more details?
https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172...
Read the whole thread for instructions.
Qualcomm, Microsoft Announce Snapdragon 835 PCs with Gigabit LTE
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> How would hardware emulation even work? Like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta_Crusoe In fact, most high-performance CPUs be it ARM or AMD or Intel do instruction translation internally.
Nvidia makes an architecture (Denver [1]) that is made by former Transmeta people and is in many ways a direct successor to this chip. In its current forms, Denver is implemented to execute ARMv8 instructions, but it could in theory execute x86 just the same. Now it's performing its internal exotic VLIW instructions by performing ARM "hardware emulation", but it could do x86 "hardware emulation" just the same. Qualco…
Do you have any links offhand about the internal arch? Curious about it being VLIW and couldn't dig up anything on a quick trawl.
Good to hear that idea's still kicking around though. Diversity in CPU design is a good thing!
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#43I'd love to buy a Windows PC with ARM, I hope this becomes true.
The surface with ARM wasn't really that good I read. I think it was the lack of ARM software.
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Yeah, I'm not really buying the LTE being the "killer feature" thing either. I hope Qualcomm is not betting the farm on that. Its ARM processors will have to stand on their own feet in regards to performance alone. Few people buy their laptops based on LTE support, and although I do believe it could become more popular in the future, I don't think it will have a fast pick-up, with or without Qualcomm's promotion of L…
I definitely think it will be popular in the future. It depends on who wins the race for ubiquitous network coverage, though. Google, Facebook, and SpaceX have all moved to initiate programs to install global high speed wifi access. This is probably the last edge chance for cellular network companies in the long term. If wifi hits first, with projects like Google home offering free calling as well as other ip-phone s…
Is tethering too complicated for most people? Simpler tethering seems like it would be more helpful here than a new CPU architecture that also requires people to have a second SIM they need to get on their plan.
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#45I'd love to buy a Windows PC with ARM, I hope this becomes true.
why?
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#46Asus, HP, and Lenovo are all planning to introduce Snapdragon Mobile PC systems at some unspecified time in the future, for some unspecified price. In other news, today at the Vaporware Expo every computer manufacturer announced plans to release a new device featuring unspecified hardware at some unspecified time in the future for an unspecified price.
Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.
Competition yes, but I'd prefer from AMD rather than a different CPU architecture.
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#47I hope in near future we'll choose what we want to install on our mobile devices and use it as desktop as well. Think of it as way better version then Samsung Dex.
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#48I look forward to learning more about this product. I love that we're moving non-x86 into mainstream consumer products like this (and not limited to low-end chromebooks, e.g.). ARM SoCs lack the backward compatible x86 BIOS-style bootstrap. This is great because it's kinda crazy to think about booting into stuff like MBR, real mode, etc in 2017. But this is bad because without good standards it's really tricky to hav…
This is lunacy. It will break compatibility with nearly all software out there. From games to productivity apps. Like the stuff I actually use a PC for.
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#49Sounds like a con. Why are we bringing back the shitty ass netbook?
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Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.
It really is just a threat though. These companies use the appearance of a competitor to extract cheaper pricing from their suppliers. If anyone is expecting better than Netbook performance, they're probably out of their mind.
Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? Most knowledge workers only need email, excel and web browser. SaaS is eating desktop. Modern smartphone is capable of 3d games and even VR.
Dropping prices temporarily until a newcomer is strangled is something we've heard of in the past, but this time the competitor has a huge and growing mobile market, so the threat and lower prices are likely to stay around for a long time.