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

Earlz
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    There's [a petition for ARM emulator](http://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-dev-platform/suggestions/4138536-make-the-emulator-emulate-the-arm-cpu-like-in-win) for Windows Phone; please sign. – Seva Alekseyev Jul 29 '13 at 19:17

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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.

Claus Jørgensen
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  • Is it even possible to get access to this compiler and a suitable emulator? I'm glad I primarily use .Net because trusting my native code would just work on a completely different architecture seems very risky to me. I'm actually thinking it's a bit risky even for managed code(especially with the WinRT-ish API) – Earlz Nov 02 '12 at 15:28
  • We use plenty of C++/CX for Skype, and we been using the emulator for many months before Nokia had prototypes ready for us to use. – Claus Jørgensen Nov 02 '12 at 18:58
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Emulator is x86, devices are ARM.

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