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Qualcomm says most Windows games will work on its latest Arm laptop chipset

At this week's Game Developers Conference, Qualcomm tried to assure devs that most Windows titles will "just work" on laptops with its Snapdragon X Elite chipset thanks to emulation.

While that in the past would have meant the makers of x86- and x64-based Windows software needing to port their apps, Qualcomm sought to assure game developers that their titles will run just fine out of the box on any unannounced Snapdragon X Elite systems that just happen to be coming up. If Qualcomm can actually pull off this emulation trick as promised, it'll be an impressive move, and it could ultimately help Arm-based Windows laptops offer a blend of strong performance and better power efficiency than x86 Intel-based machines. One key point to bear in mind here is that Apple has total control over the entire ecosystem, as PC Gamer notes, including the hardware and operating system.

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