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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Are you sure that it is even remotely comparable (pun intended)? Smartphones are not very powerful at all when it comes to desktop or even notebook CPUs. They never will, simply because you are limited to a very tiny amount of power you can draw on a smartphone. An idling computer cpu draws more power than a smartphone cpu at full load. There is no magic bullet that makes a smartphone super power efficient.
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I had to go back and reread. I believe we were debating whether Windows was "running Android apps in emulation" in the Surface Duo ad, or whether it was some form of remote session where the app is running on the Surface Duo and appearing on Windows.
It is my contention it was the latter. Else, why show it at all with the Duo? You can already run Android apps with an emulator on Windows. Nothing near as slick as the Surface Duo add.
Anyway....I use Windows often enough that I'm hoping this ability to seamlessly run Android apps...even if they are actually running on your phone or tablet...comes to all Windows/Android device combinations.
As for "mobile chips being fast enough to run emulators" - I'd say we are already there. Lots of game emulators run on mobile chips. Windows on ARM already runs on a Qualcomm, pretty much regular smartphone chip (with a few enhancements). The Mac developer kit is running Mac on Apple Silicon with a 2 yr old iPad Pro chip.
And yes....all ARM chips are "automatically more energy efficient than any Intel x86 CHIP". That's why we never have had an Intel x86 phone.