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Upcoming Android updates will be compatible with Intel processors

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 13 Sep 2011 4:30 User comments (1)

Upcoming Android updates will be compatible with Intel processors

Intel gets a boost in its efforts to break into the tablet and smartphone markets.
Google has announced today that upcoming versions of Android will be compatible with Intel processors. Currently Intel processors, as part of "Wintel," have only been compatible with Windows devices.

Says Intel of the big move:

We want to make Intel architecture the platform of choice for smartphones. Every time we have collaborated with Google, good things have come out of it.


With the news, Intel will finally become part of the smartphone mania that is currently dominated by Nvidia, Qualcomm and TI and designed by ARM.

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113.9.2011 23:23

MMMM...real linux on slim tablets (after rooting android off of there).

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