Windows 11 Arm64 WoW – x64 Emulation Performance

Operating System Module

What is “WoW”? “WoW” stands for “Windows-on-Windows” is the compatibility/emulation layer that allows the execution of different architecture applications on the same version of Windows. Originally (in the days of Windows NT) it allowed running 16-bit x86 legacy applications on 32-bit x86 Windows NT. Today, with 64-bit Windows, it allows … Read more…

Windows 10 Arm64 WoW – x86 Emulation Performance

Operating System Module

What is “WoW”? “WoW” stands for “Windows-on-Windows” is the compatibility/emulation layer that allows the execution of different architecture applications on the same version of Windows. Originally (in the days of Windows NT) it allowed running 16-bit x86 legacy applications on 32-bit x86 Windows NT. Today, with 64-bit Windows, it allows … Read more…

Performance Impact of Hyper-V virtualisation (Windows 10 Pro) – Compute

Hyper-V

What is “Hyper-V”? Hyper-V is Microsoft’s virtualisation solution, a Type 1 (i.e. “bare-metal”) hypervisor that is included in both Windows Server (2005) and more recently Windows Client (e.g. Windows 10). A hypervisor creates “virtual computers” where complete operating systems (VMs) can be installed – all sharing the same physical hardware. … Read more…