Over COMPUTEX 2025, we had a group interview session with Parag Beeraka, Senior Director of Consumer Computing, Client Line of Business at Arm. It’s the golden opportunity to ask some of the burning questions that we have regarding the Arm in general, while focusing on PCs. Of course, we’d like to thank Arm for granting us this opportunity, but our questions are pretty much without any filter.
Arm’s Role in Windows, Linux, and Gaming: What You Need to Know
As Arm continues to expand its influence across computing platforms, questions surrounding its involvement with major operating systems, driver support, and gaming performance are growing more relevant than ever. Here’s a closer look at how Arm is shaping its strategy across these domains.
Windows on Arm: Microsoft Leads with Arm’s Support
One of the most notable developments in recent years has been the introduction of Prism, a translation layer that enables x86 applications to run on Arm-based Windows devices. This translation layer is created, maintained, and owned by Microsoft, and assisted by Arm whenever needed. This is quite an important clarification as we now know who to go to if we encounter any issues with Windows on Arm machines.
Linux and Arm: A Collaborative Approach
Arm has a strong and ongoing relationship with the Linux community. Android, for example, is essentially Linux. Rather than taking a hands-off approach, Arm actively collaborates with Linux maintainers to ensure its architecture is fully supported. This includes working upstream on kernel contributions and validating code functionality well in advance of product launches-often up to a year ahead.
This deep involvement ensures that Linux distributions run smoothly on Arm hardware across a wide range of devices at launch.
Arm ASR deployment
Arm’s Accuracy Super Resolution (ASR) technology is an upscaler technology developed by Arm specifically for smartphones. It is based on AMD FSR 2, and it is also open-source. This technology is making great progress over the months since it was announced a year ago. We voiced our feedback that a public demo would be beneficial for us to showcase the difference with or without Arm ASR enabled, as that will propagate the awareness while further gaining the public trust of this technology. Arm acknowledged this, and hopefully we have a public demo available soon.
Arm also revealed that several game studios are currently working to integrate ASR into their upcoming titles. This could signal a strong push toward enhancing graphical performance and efficiency on Arm-powered gaming platforms in the near future.
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