Overview
Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are a series of system on a chip (SoC) found in many mobile devices and some laptops, often utilising the ARM architecture. Laptops with these processors run an ARM version of Windows.
Role in this knowledge base
Flagged as a caution for data scientists, as several key data science programs (like Matlab) do not run natively or with full performance on Windows ARM due to compatibility issues, even with emulation.
Key facts
- Data science programs like Tableau and Power BI can run under emulation on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors using the ARM version of Windows, but Matlab does not.