Microsoft makes Windows 10 run on ARM devices
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Microsoft never seemed to have put together a cohesive strategy for mobile device software. The company's Windows Phone operating system has never been able to carve out significant market share, despite its relatively early entrance on the smartphone scene. Redmond's ARM-powered Surface RT devices were met with a collective yawn, likely due to their substantial app gap when compared to Android and iOS tablets. The company seems like it might have finally learned the lesson that application compatibility is Windows' most important asset. Microsoft has announced that it's preparing full Win32 compatibility for Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 ARM SoCs at the WinHEC hardware developer conference in Shenzhen, China.
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