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FEX 2508 Delivers Major Speedups For x86_64 Binaries On ARM: 39% Faster Cyberpunk 2077


FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some 'big juicy' optimizations with its new release

FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some "big juicy" optimizations with its new release. JIT optimizations are the big story of FEX 2508 and the ability to take advantage of Arm's call-return prediction hardware. For the FEX 2508 release, NX bit support was implemented along with better handling of anti-debugger/tamper functionality used by some Windows software like Denuvo.

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