Proof Of Concept: Windows 7 Running On ASUS Smartphone

An interesting proof of concept, a user on XDA forums is running Windows 7 on an ASUS Zenfone 2. The Zenfone 2 is an Android smartphone that uses Intel's cellular SoC, Moorefield. Moorefield is similar to 2013's Bay Trail, but it uses a PowerVR 6 series GPU instead of Intel's in-house graphics.

The installation has no major bugs involved, and runs smoothly on the Zenfone 2, with ycavan going on to state that even Windows 8 and 10 can be installed using the same procedure, albeit with a different ISO. If running a desktop OS on your Zenfone 2 interests you, or the procedure itself intrigues you, head over to ycavan’s thread and get started.

Credit XDA Developers

In this scenario, the user had to go through a considerable number of obstacles to get Windows 7 running, but it offers a look into a potential for full x86 Windows 10 running on a smartphone. In 2016 Intel's Broxton SoC will be Intel's single SoC solution for both smartphones and tablets. This will eliminate any hardware differences between an x86 smartphone and x86 tablet.

Impressive no doubt, but it's a shame that Windows 7 isn't built for phones.... However, an Intel-Powered Windows 10 Mobile Phone has a lot of potential for their continuum feature. "Cherry" Trail shows a much brighter future for Intel in the mobile market.

Cherry trail is just Bay Trail's Silvermont cores on a 14 nm process with a Broadwell GPU (12 EUs or 16 EUs depending on the version). Bay Trail and Cherry Trail are only used in tablets / 2-in-1's, not smartphones. Only Moorefield is used in mobile phones. Intel's Atom lineup was delayed when they pushed for Core M. Cherry Trail should have launched last year and Broxton this year.

Broxton is the successor to both Cherry Trail (Atom tablets) and Moorefield (Atom smartphones). It will be on a 14 nm process with 4 Goldmont cores (new architecture) and a Gen 9 GPU (18 EUs).

Are they more powerful than Qualcomm's current Snapdragon as well as there future 820?

@FireEmblem_Man

Broxton should be more powerful than Snapdragon 820.

Cherry Trail and Moorefield are not.

Well then we will soon see the power of Continuum on Windows 10 Mobile with those badboys