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Does the Windows 8 Phone emulator emulate ARM or x86?

Does anyone know if the Windows 8 Phone emulator uses ARM or x86 for it's CPU architecture?

Solution

  • It's indeed a x86 virtualization. ARM is only for devices. Inhouse or 3rd party native components need to be build for the both architectures, if you want to test on the emulator.