I was curious about the ARM32 architecture (the 32-bit only version) and it's future: according to the wiki page, the Windows 8 variant Windows RT was ARM32, but it is deprecated now. Windows 11 seems it will be ARM64-only. What about devices released in-between?
I could not find any information/statistics related to this. As far as I know ARM64 can run ARM (32-bit) applications, but one developing a system driver or working low-level has to support both platforms.
For comparison as far as I know, majority of current android phones are 64-bit already and with the 32-bit architecture having the 4GB limitation, logic would dictate, that outside of niche scenarios we should not really see 32bit-only ARM systems.
Anyone has any information regarding this?
There is absolutely no reason for MS to release ARM32 version:
aarch64 is vastly superior to aarch32 while not much more expensive for licensees (if at all)aarch64 is NOT backward compatible.Why would MS want to fragment their Windows eco system more than necessary?