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That would be nice but NVidia got in legal trouble with x86 patents when they tried to do that with their Project Denver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project

• mappu 7y ago
  Most of the original x86_32 patents have now expired, that was sufficient to let Microsoft build the emulation layer for WoA. It might be more feasible now, except in the last ~5-10 years there's been a push to make many PC apps x86_64 only (e.g. Ubuntu dropping i386 support), so the benefit isn't quite as wide any more.
  • floatboth 7y ago
    Do software implementations have to care? qemu implements like every ISA out there..
    • mappu 7y ago
      Presumably so, or Microsoft would have extended the WoA compatibility to x86_64 as well. From 2017 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/intel-fires-warning-shots-at-microsoft-claims-x86-emulation-is-a-patent-minefield/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/intel...