Buyers concerned that a Copilot+ PC based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X SoCs might not run software important to them were sent to two community-driven websites that crowdsource lists of incompatible code.
App compatibility on Copilot+ PCs #shorts
"Copilot+ PC" is a term coined by Microsoft to describe computers equipped with a neural processing unit capable of working at 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS) – capabilities that the software giant believes will ensure that the new AI elements of Windows 11 perform in comfortable speed. The first Copilot+ PCs Microsoft announced used Qualcomm's Snapdragon X SoCs, which use the Arm architecture – meaning the vast amounts of code created for the x86 architecture that has dominated PCs for decades had to be either ported or emulated.
Microsoft chose the latter course by creating an emulator called "Prism" that it claims can run software written for the x86 family on the Arm – at such speeds that users will barely notice what's going on under the hood.
But that claim was recently disputed by Samsung, which issued a warning to Korean customers that its GalaxyBook Edge 4 Copilot+ computers cannot run any mainstream software – including antivirus apps and games.
