Can Windows phone 8 SDK be installed on a Windows 8 32 bit machine [closed]

Question

I have been trying to install the Windows Phone 8 SDK on a Windows 8 (x86) machine. But to no avail even though I read somewhere on the site that it will install but I will not be able to run the emulator.

Is Microsoft serious that Win Phone 8 apps can only be developed on 64-bit machines?

Answer 1

They make it quite clear the x64 is required on the download page:

Windows 8 64-bit (x64) client versions

I can't say with any authority, but I suspect it is because the emulator uses Hyper-V, which also requires x64:

Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system that has Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).