Future Android Builds Will Support Intel's Atom

[exfileme]

Future versions of Google's Android Os will support Intel's Atom E-Series SoCs, both of which is expected to arrive in devices sometime during the first half of 2012.

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[Wish I Was Wealthy]

That is good for Intel to make more sales in the OEM market,but as far as what I have read in another post from another article that their was another cpu from another company that could out do intel's atom. Maybe tegra,but I forgot & I don't feel like checking out all those articles that I read in the past again. It was in Toms Hardware anyway.

 

[DjEaZy]

... how about AMD fusion chips..? They are OpenCL and more capable in GPU department... why support atom's, when even some ARM CPU's are more capable...?

 

[memadmax]

The fanboy's may complain, but multi-cpu support is the name of the game.

 

[izmanq]

Yeah, I'm dissappointed too, why not with AMD Fusion too :| Why with evil corp like intel 😀

 

[happyballz]

The more competition the better..AMD should also jump on this.

 

[vaughn2k]

The atom. Another technology that also can't die... even in the face of a C-50.

 

[cknobman]

Oh yeah Intel that is what I have always been waiting for, more Atom. In fact I was holding off on a Android tablet for this very reason!!!

not.

Last thing I want is a tablet hampered by a old power hungry(in comparison to ARM) architecture sucking my battery life like a vampire on a 400 pound fat chick.

 

[lucky015]

I get the sneaking suspicion that adding more and more support to different hardware to Android's core could ruin it fairly quickly, But we can only wait and see.

 

[seezur]

I think the point everyone seems to be missing is that this will open up support (most likely) to other x86 platforms. Sure Google and Intel will optimize it for Atom but if it works on one x86 chip it should work on the others. Besides even if they put code in the OS to prevent installation on non-Atom chips, it's open source so it will only take a small amount of time to port it.

There are x86 versions of Android now but getting it to work on anything besides tested devices simply doesn't work.

So AMD is being smart, let Intel and Google spend the money on development, then work with a company like Acer to get a Tablet with their stuff in it.

 

[LordConrad]

"...future versions of Android won't necessarily focus on the Atom SoC, but will support the x86-based architecture..."

Android will rock on Zacate!

 

[PreferLinux]

How about all you Android fanboys get a real Linux distro???

 

[liveonc]

DIE (a)MeeGo, long live Android! Winteldroidokia, soon we'll ALL use Monopoly Money too ;-)

 

[cybersans]

i already use android x86 ported to vmware, so it is not a problem to me.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]PreferLinux[/nom]How about all you Android fanboys get a real Linux distro???[/citation]
Find me one that will run on my phone and has access to the Android Market then. What's that, you can't find one? Please go away and stop making random useless comments.

 

[PreferLinux]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]Find me one that will run on my phone and has access to the Android Market then. What's that, you can't find one? Please go away and stop making random useless comments.[/citation]
Seems to me like something has been playing with the comments, and it isn't the first time. I was commenting about the ones thinking it would be good on things other than phones, such as desktops.