Windows on arm emulator gets a boost, just in time for Copilot PCs

With the next major update to Windows 11, Microsoft has promised some performance improvements on emulating Intel and AMD code on an Arm-based Windows laptop. The new x86-64 emulator is called Prism, and it’s now available. With a variety of Copilot Plus PCs sporting the new Snapdragon X processor now on the market, we thought we’d take a look at just how much of a difference Prism can make — even on older hardware.

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