Android 4.0 source code was released for x86 processors

Android developers have released the source code version of Ice Cream Sandwich compatible with x86 processors. Thus, the system can be adapted to run on computers, notebooks, tablets and smartphones that have designed the x86 architecture processors such as AMD and Intel.



Releasing the source code is basically make the whole program structure available for developers to read, cut, adapt, rewrite and create adaptations and versions of software. This is only possible because Android is a free system.

The first results have begun to emerge: Chih-Wei Huang, a Chinese developer, has released an Android version that can run on a PC. It still works in beta, unstable on some systems, and has suffered some problems when the processor used is Intel. Services such as hardware acceleration, Wi-Fi internet connection, camera and sound still does not work correctly. To put Android on your PC, you must first of all, download the ISO file system and create a boot disk. From there, just like any Linux distribution - and Android is just another one.

On the other hand, the Android x86 works very well with AMD. Notably, the Brazos, in the present model of Acer Iconia Tab W500. The fact that the system fits so well with the line of AMD may end up arousing greater interest in the mobile device manufacturers to use AMD products. The arrival of x86 chips to compete effectively with the ARM can further enhance competition and lower prices.