Microsoft shows windows 10 running on a snapdragon 820

The biggest barrier that Microsoft and the rest of the operating system developers face for the desired convergence is the difference in the processor architecture of the different devices. Windows 10 for PC works with X86 processors and Windows 10 Mobile does it with chios ARM, both versions are incompatible with each other so it is not possible for the same system to work with both processors, or at least it is not easy at all.

How Windows 10 works on an ARM processor

Microsoft has taken an important step forward for convergence and has managed to overcome the architecture barrier by showing a Windows 10 operating system (not the Mobile version) running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, an achievement that has been possible with close collaboration with Qualcomm. With this, ARM devices will have access to the full version of Windows and its huge catalog of software to make up for the lack of specific applications. With a Snapdragon 820 and 4 GB of RAM, the system has been able to run Photoshop , Office and World of Tanks Blitz without major problems.

This achievement can open the market doors to a new generation of much more capable Windows smartphones, of course we also do not forget the possible Ultrabooks with ARM processors for a very remarkable performance and a much lower power consumption than the current x86-based ones., we could see a new generation of them with a much wider autonomy.

Source: theverge