Posted on 11/22/2018 6:37:25 AM PST by dayglored
Microsoft and Google engineers appear to be collaborating to support a version of Chrome running on Windows on ARM. 9to5Google has spotted various commits by Microsoft engineers assisting with the development of Chrome for Windows 10 on ARM. The details follow claims by a Qualcomm executive last month that the chip maker was working on an ARM version of Chrome for Windows 10.
A native ARM version of Chrome would make a lot of sense for Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Google. Chrome is one of the most popular desktop apps available on Windows 10, and without a native version for ARM its difficult to take ARM-powered Windows 10 devices seriously for many. However, it was only last year that Microsoft pulled Googles Chrome installer from the Windows Store, because it violated store policies. Those policies restrict rival browsers to using Microsofts own Edge rendering engine, specifically that products that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform. Microsoft also blocked similar browser apps for Windows 8.
Unless Microsoft relaxes its rules then this native Chrome support for Windows on ARM wont be found in the Windows Store. Microsoft and Googles work could still help improve performance for Electron-based apps like Slack and Visual Studio Code which rely on parts of Chromium. Microsoft and Google have also been working closely to add a Windows 10 dual-boot option to Chromebooks recently, codenamed Campfire. If the two companies are working more closely on these types of projects, it does show that the Scroogled days are well and truly in the past.
Don’t Intel’s newer CPUs still have the same bugs?
My next PC will probably have AMD.
Okay, done -- you're on, and welcome!
The security and other bugs that have plagued Intel CPUs in recent years have their equivalent in AMD's CPUs, though not identically, and AMD's have generally not been as bad (severity, and performance hit to correct).
The problems in both families stem from attempts to speed up execution (performance) by "cheating" -- looking ahead at what "might" be done in the near future and doing it. Problem being that that predictive execution also makes it possible for programs to access data they aren't allowed to see.
Wasn’t such an “illegal operation” (a type of Fatal Exception) in the past?
Me too. Thanks. Grace and peace thru Jesus the Lord.
No, no, Windows 10 doesn't have the BSOD BLUE Screen of Death.
Windows 10 comes with the RSOD RED Screen of Death:
Okay, you're on! May God grant you and yours a peaceful and plentiful Thanksgiving Day, and all days after.
You don’t boot into Chrome.
Your ‘year’ is way past ....
Nothing wrong with AMD CPU’s but I’ve had better luck with Intel CPU’s. I believe the problem is with Windows; not the CPU. Bloated or bad coding is more to blame. I wiped my HP Intel w/I7 chip and installed Linux Mint. It runs for weeks most times before I restart it. Been running for years like this with no issues. Of course I do perform data backups like everyone should; regardless of OS. Hard drives fail. I’ve had to break this sad news to people who lost everything due to HD failures. Well; lost everything unless they wanted to send the HD in for an expensive data recovery.
The one issue I have and it isn’t the hardware; it’s the browsers. Firefox especially will eat up the ram but won’t let it go like it should unless I close the browser. Chromium does it too but to a lesser degree. Firefox works best with FR due to an addon available. It’s possible to add it to Chrome too but I haven’t messed with it yet. http://cynwoody.appspot.com/fr_posting_form_enhancer.html
Ergo the hardware is fine; it’s the software that’s more of an issue IMHO.
should we also explain what INTEL is?
You sir, are wrong.
Intel is an architecture that is backward compatible with an 8 bit calculator chip.
As a result, it is inefficient, and slow (compared to what can be done).
As an example, Apple’s newest Chip, (which is an ARM, with custom circuitry added) that is in the iPAD pro was recently tested. It beat all but the very fastest desktop INTEL CPUs on about 7 Applications. It has a battery life of 13 hours.
Note: Yes, it even beat the MacBook Pro!
Intel is dead, stick a fork in them. If you like the chipset, run AMD - they are kicking INTELs butt on the desktop/server market.
Things don’t look good for Intel....
I searched Google for “Trump er” and the following completed the sentence “Trump eres un pendejo”
I don’t use Windows anymore.
You are correct, but I couldn’t find a picture of a phone with the red screen of death, but it probably won’t be long with this new development.
http://cynwoody.appspot.com/fr_posting_form_enhancer.html
Good tip, I am looking forward to giving it a try. But will I forget all of my html after using it for a while?
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