ARM and XScale [Archive] - Thoughts Media Forums

Nausicaa

07-24-2003, 05:01 AM

Hi, I'm new to Pocket PCs, so stay with me here.

Well, I just bought a new Dell Axim X5 Pocket PC. I know this has an XScale processor. Thing is, I want to play that Leo's Flight Simulator game. This game is for ARM processors or MIPS. Can I play the ARM version of this game on an XScale pocket PC?

Thanks for your help.

Reza

07-24-2003, 05:09 AM

Yes you can. XScale emulates ARM instructions.

Nausicaa

07-24-2003, 05:23 AM

Great! Thanks!

Pony99CA

07-24-2003, 07:27 AM

Yes you can. XScale emulates ARM instructions.
The XScale uses an ARM core, so does it really "emulate" the instructions? I only ask because that would imply the XScale would run the software more slowly than if it supported the ARM instructions natively.

Steve

Reza

07-24-2003, 01:51 PM

Yes you can. XScale emulates ARM instructions.
The XScale uses an ARM core, so does it really "emulate" the instructions? I only ask because that would imply the XScale would run the software more slowly than if it supported the ARM instructions natively.

SteveFrankly I don't know! :?

Perhaps the better answer would have been XScale is backward compatible with StrongARM?