Microsoft
has been already in the news for the latest upcoming devices that are reported
to be waiting in the pipeline to be released once 2017 sets in. And it’s back
in the headline yet again but this time for a completely different reason. It
is reported that Microsoft will be tying up with Qualcomm to enable the
availability of Windows 10 desktops apps on ARM chipsets.
The
news has come in that Windows 10 will be able to support ARM chipsets and the
announcement has been made by the officials of both Microsoft and Qualcomm.
This means that the desktop windows app will be available on the mobile devices
like smartphones, laptops and tablets. And such compatible devices might come
out “as early as next year” as the company officials have suggested.
It
is also reported that the new Windows 10 which is going to support ARM chipsets
from Qualcomm will be able to run desktop x86 Win32 apps besides the Universal
Windows apps. This will surely make things much better particularly after the
discontinuation of the Windows RT platform which did not feature any desktop
apps. But it remains to be seen how well the apps perform because it is
expected that the apps will still run better on the x86 chipsets made by Intel.
However,
the latest developments have put under the scrutiny the relationship between
Microsoft and Intel which many believe that might just have fallen out. But
Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President of Microsoft, absolutely dismissed such
possibilities. He has been quoted telling The Verge, “We’re working closer with
Intel than we ever have before. The collaboration is better than ever before.
It’s just the case where Qualcomm does have these chips with integrated
connectivity and better idle power performance which enables new devices to get
built.” Thus the speculations that the collaboration between Microsoft and
Intel might come to an end in distant future should die down for the time
being.
Regarding
the availability of the PCs which would be coming out after such collaboration
between Microsoft and Qualcomm, it is speculated that it might be very early in
2017. Qualcomm has been quoted saying that the Windows 10 based on Qualcomm
Snapdragon processors are “expected to be available as early as next
year.” so the tech enthusiasts across
the world would be eager to watch out how these new devices perform when they
are brought out in the market.
A
video demonstrating Windows 10 and Adobe Photoshop running on an ARM-based
device is reproduced below, with Qualcomm and Microsoft promising to launch the
first units some time next year.
