Android 4.0 running on AMD Brazos platform spotted

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Despite Intel’s best efforts to cozy up to Google and focus the firm’s entire ultra-mobile strategy on Android, CPU rival AMD is showing it doesn’t need a partnership to run Google’s latest and greatest iteration on its own platform.

A recent demo spotted at CES by Laptop Magazine shows Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) running on an MSI WindPad 110W, hacked from its original Microsoft Windows state and using a port from Android X86.

The WindPad 110W runs on AMD’s Brazos platform, and at least from the demo, seems to be able to handle Ice Cream Sandwich rather smoothly, with no noticeable lag. Pinch to zoom reportedly also works seamlessly, as does a 3D game demoed on the system.

With Android’s source code open to outside developers, porting Android to AMD chips is not only possible, but perfectly legal. This means that while Intel plows millions of dollars in resources optimizing Android for x86, AMD can sit back and reap the benefits as the Android community continues to make the necessary tweaks to the code.



Android 4.0 running on AMD Brazos platform spotted

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