With AMD, Android Applications Can Walk to PC

AMD is taking its own steps to participate in the mobile business. The processor manufacturer on Thursday (27/09/2012) yesterday launched the AMD site AppZone Player which contains, among other typical Android applications mobile as Fruit Ninja.

Uniquely, these applications can run on a computer running Windows 7 and Windows 8 comes an AMD processor. The users can find and download Android applications through the portal is owned by AMD.

To achieve this, AMD is working with BlueStacks, a company that develops technology to run Android applications on the PC. Manufacturer of processors that can expose about 100 million Windows users computer processors on more than 500 thousand Android apps. BlueStacks software is also optimized for AMD hardware.

"Our research shows that the first device owned by the consumers of the youngest, most recently, is a mobile device," said BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma, told VentureBeat.

"Then they get a PC and expect devices that have an application as well as on its mobile devices. This puts AMD in a good position to attract young consumers who have rapid growth."

Last June, BlueStacks have announced a partnership with Asus, but the agreement with AMD may be more helpful that startup companies. BlueStacks can now target users of Windows 8 with AMD processor-based computers, including laptops and touchscreen tablets are more suitable for running Android applications.