Comment by IshKebab
2 days ago
> the apps were emulating ARM on x86
They weren't (except some games maybe). Most apps were written in Java and JITed.
2 days ago
> the apps were emulating ARM on x86
They weren't (except some games maybe). Most apps were written in Java and JITed.
Well, apps tuned for performance and apps using native code have more than a little overlap. Even back then there were a lot of apps besides games that used native code for the hot code paths. But games of course are huge by themselves, and besides performance you need to have good power efficiency in running them.
Here's some more details: https://www.theregister.com/2014/05/02/arm_test_results_atta...
(note it's a 2-part, the "next page" link is small print )