AMD also offers the BlueStacks emulator to run Android apps on Windows PCs. Independent efforts are already under way to bring Android support to AMD-based tablets and PCs. But the company is working with developers on Android applications for AMD chips. Su did not comment on when AMD-based Android tablets would reach the market. ![]() "I think Android and Chrome tend to be in the entry form factors - the tablets, the low-end clamshells," Su said. But now the company will adapt its chips for companies that want to build laptops or tablets with Android or Chrome. "We are very committed to Windows 8 we think it's a great operating system, but we also see a market for Android and Chrome developing as well," Su said.ĪMD previously said it had no interest in Android and that its chips would be exclusively tuned for Microsoft's Windows 8. Prototype tablet with AMD's Temash chipĪMD is also expanding its custom-chip business, and Android and Chrome OS offer flexibility for third-party chip design and integration, Su said. After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets.ĪMD is expanding OS options as it designs chips based on x86 and ARM architecture, which run multiple OSes, said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager of global business units at AMD, in an interview at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.
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