Rohit Bajaj

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Programs are necessarily architecture specific and I know of no program that will run on every PC -- except for DOS, and that won't run on a UEFI system.<br />
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First there's 16-bit vs 32-bit vs 64-bit architecture. &nbsp;A lower-bit architecture can't run higher-bit programs.<br />
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There there's CPU features. &nbsp;A program which uses, e.g., MMX cannot run on a 486.<br />
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So yes, all programs are architecture specific and Chrome is not an exception. &nbsp;Today it is usually &quot;32-bit version&quot; vs &quot;64-bit version&quot; to encourage maximum interchangeability but this comes at a performance cost. &nbsp;A program compiled for a specific architecture which takes advantage of the particular features of that architecture will always run faster than one compiled for maximum hardware compatibility.
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Hi,<br />
Are the softwares like chrome, Intellij etc architecture specific ? <br />
Like if make an executable of a c program that executable may not run on a different laptop with the same operating system.<br />
Will that be the case for chrome , Intellij etc.. <br />
As i saw that chrome is built in C++ so either there is a same build for all computers with windows operating system say version 10 (which could probably be the case if its written in a architecture independent way or compiled that way). or there will be different chromes for different computer architectures..<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,
Are the softwares like chrome, Intellij etc architecture specific ? 
Like if make an executable of a c program that executable may not run on a different laptop with the same operating system.
Will that be the case for chrome , Intellij etc.. 
As i saw that chrome is built in C++ so either there is a same build for all computers with windows operating system say version 10 (which could probably be the case if its written in a architecture independent way or compiled that way). or there will be different chromes for different computer architectures..

Thanks

Is chrome architecture specific

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