Laptops and Desktops Software Development Resources
Browse our collection of resources that help you create, innovate, and scale software solutions, and take your development to the next level.
On-Demand
Watch expert-led, on-demand videos with tips, tricks, and demos to accelerate software development on Arm—featuring Windows on Arm and generative AI use cases.
Learning Paths
Developer-made step-by-step tutorials with code examples at both beginner and advanced levels to build better software, faster, from Arm and Open-Source partners.
Events
Find out where you can meet Arm experts in person, see live demos, and get more details on the topics we cover at the latest industry events.
Arm® CoreLink™ MMU-720AE System Memory Management Unit Technical Reference Manual
This Technical Reference Manual is written for system designers, system integrators, and programmers who are designing or programming a System-on-Chip (SoC) that uses the Arm Neoverse MMU-720AE System Memory Management Unit.
Building libraries for Windows on Arm
This guide shows how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to build native Windows on Arm libraries. The guide uses the specific example of the popular zlib library, but you can apply the techniques to any library.
Compiling with Clang for Windows on Arm
This guide introduces the features in LLVM 12 and the associated Clang release that help developers for Arm-based devices. In particular, this guide examines how to use the native toolchain to compile for Windows on Arm (WoA).
Building a Native Windows on Arm App with WinUI 3
In this guide, you can learn how to create a simple but complete WoA-native WinUI 3 application.
Windows on Arm - Ecosystem Enablement
Arm, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Linaro are collaborating to enable open-source software on Windows on Arm, supporting toolchains, language runtimes, and frameworks like LLVM, GCC, Python, Node.js, and TensorFlow, with this talk covering progress, future plans, and Linaro’s supporting infrastructure.
Arm TV - Decoding the Generative AI Landscape
Explore emerging technology trends and learn about generative AI models with Dr Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, space explorer, and tech innovator.
Windows on Arm - Performance tips and tricks
This session explores optimizing ported code for Windows on Arm, using a GNU package with existing Arm64 assembly for Linux and macOS, covering vcpkg, assembler options, and debugging techniques to enhance performance.
Visual Studio with Arm support
Take a journey through the Visual Studio tool that now runs natively on Windows on Arm hardware. Explore the workloads that have been completed and what is coming next.
Arm64EC - ABI for Mixing x64 and Arm64
This session explores the new ABI for Windows on Arm, enabling Arm64 and x64 code modules to coexist, covering technical capabilities, implementation steps for Arm64EC components, and performance benefits from real-world use cases.
The past, current and future of MSVC on Arm64
This masterclass, led by Arm and Microsoft engineers, explores the history, current advancements, and future plans for the MSVC Arm64 backend, highlighting performance optimizations, Arm64 architecture-specific features, and upcoming support for SVE.
ARM64EC – A new way of building apps for Windows 11 on Arm
This session explores ARM64EC, a new Windows on Arm (WoA) feature that enables incremental porting of x64 applications for native performance on Arm, allowing developers to prioritize performance-critical code, with insights from an OpenCV case study.
Cross-Compiling Apps to Arm64 in Visual Studio
Join Arm Ambassador Fidel Makatia in a quick demonstration of cross-compiling code for Arm64 in Microsoft Visual Studio.
Using Unity's Machine Learning Agents on Arm
This session explores Unity’s ML-Agents, an open-source toolkit for training intelligent game characters using reinforcement learning on mobile and PC, showcasing how Arm CPUs enhance ML performance in games through adversarial self-play, with ongoing research into multi-agent scaling on Windows on Arm.
Android Arm NN Image Classification
Use the ArmNN SDK to optimize your image detection app on Android.
Android Documentation for App Developers
This page contains guides for Android handsets, Wear OS by Google, Android TV, or Android Auto and API references.
Arm Cortex-R82AE Processor MP131 Software Developer Errata Notice
This document describes errata categorized by level of severity. Each description includes: The current status of the erratum; where the implementation deviates from the specification and the conditions required for erroneous behavior to occur; the implications of the erratum with respect to typical applications; and the application and limitations of a workaround where possible.
Arm Cortex-R82 Processor MP130 Software Developer Errata Notice
This document describes errata categorized by level of severity. Each description includes: The current status of the erratum; where the implementation deviates from the specification and the conditions required for erroneous behavior to occur; the implications of the erratum with respect to typical applications; and the application and limitations of a workaround where possible.
Windows on Arm
Windows on Arm is meeting the performance and power demands for a whole new era of portable computing. Learn more about Windows and how to port a current application to Windows on Arm, or develop it natively for Arm64. The resources include porting applications and building libraries to Windows on Arm, porting intel intrinsics to Neon technology, and Neon C# intrinsics in .NET 5 and 6.
Building a Native app with .NET6 and WPF Framework
This article will show how to create a simple but complete WoA-native Windows Forms application.
SQLite
SQLite can be cross compiled for use on Arm devices.
Chromium
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
Windows UI Library
Windows UI Library (WinUI) can be run on WoA using Project Reunion from Microsoft.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio Code runs on WoA natively and can be used to develop applications with supported compilers.
MinGW-W64
MinGW-W64 uses the LLVM compiler to both cross-compile and compile natively for Arm64 on WoA devices.
Zinstall Fullback on Windows on Arm: A case study
Zinstall has been working for more than a decade to provide backup and migration facilities for users to protect their data. Along with a lot of other Windows developers, they ported their application Zinstall Fullback to run natively on Windows on Arm (WoA) machines such as the Surface Pro X.
Best Practices for Migrating Windows apps to Windows on Arm
This article demonstrates how to port an existing codebase to Windows on Arm, and how to set up your development environment to target the ARM64 processor using .NET framework 4.8.
Building a Native app with .NET6 and WPF Framework
Learn how to convert a Windows .NET 6 WPF application to a Windows on Arm (WoA) application.
Universal Windows Platform
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps are applications that can run across any device using windows.
Microsoft developer resources
Explore Windows 10 on Arm resources from Microsoft. Includes SDKs, getting started guides, and advanced techniques.
Building a Native WebView Application for Windows on Arm with Electron
In this blog, we look at how you can create a new Electron app targeted at 64-bit WoA devices and how you can port existing Electron apps.
WOA-Qualcomm developer resources
The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform powers the Windows 10 on Arm experience.
Electron
Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Progressive Web Apps
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are applications designed to allow high performance applications to run in browsers on any device.
Android Developers Blog
The latest Android and Google Play news and tips for app and game developers.
Android for Developers
Modern tools and resources to help you build experiences that people love, faster and easier, across every Android device.
Android NDK: 64-bit ABIs
Android NDK documentation about 64-bit ABI selection.
Android NDK
The Android NDK is a toolset that lets you implement parts of your app in native code, using languages such as C and C++. For certain types of apps, this can help you reuse code libraries written in those languages.
Android ABIs
This page enumerates the ABIs that the NDK supports, and provides information about how each ABI works.
Keep your Application Memory Safe with MTE
This page provides information about Arm Memory Tagging Extension, the underlying architecture and how to implement this extension.
Delivering enhanced security through Memory Tagging Extension
This blog provide information about security vulnerability caused by memory safety bugs, difficulty of detecting and fixing memory safety bugs, lock and key scheme in MTE, MTE in action in Android.
Android Open Source Project
This site and the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository offer the information and source code needed to create custom variants of the Android OS, port devices and accessories to the Android platform, and ensure devices meet the compatibility requirements that keep the Android ecosystem a healthy and stable environment for millions of users.
Building libraries for Windows on Arm
This guide shows how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to build native Windows on Arm libraries. The guide uses the specific example of the popular zlib library, but you can apply the techniques to any library.
Getting Started with Neon Intrinsics on Android
Learn how to set up Android Studio for native C++ development, and to utilize Neon intrinsics for Arm-powered mobile devices.
Android Dynamic Performance
Optimize thermal and CPU performance with the Android Dynamic Performance Framework.
Low-Level Software Security for Compiler Developers
This guide is for compiler developers to learn about software security relevant to compilers. Find out more about high-level aspects of attacks, vulnerabilities, mitigations, and hardening techniques.
Tools for Windows on Arm
This guide introduces the features in LLVM 12 and the associated Clang release that help developers for Arm-based devices.
Android Development
Explore the following resources to find out more about working with Arm hardware on Android. This includes using Neon intrinsics with Android, 64-bit Android development, developer tools and Learn the Architecture guides.
64-bit Android Development
Ensure your app supports 64-bit devices, whether you're porting existing 32-bit code, or writing completely new software, explore the resources that we have available.
