12/01/2011

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwiches for Intel X86 architecture

Google has committed to allow Android running on the Intel X86 architecture. Son has now occurred and the Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich, is now ready and available for download. This build mainly for handset makers / phone, but it was free for all to taste, maybe you'll find an interesting thing from him.

Android can run on X86 architecture can mean several things in the future between: first, it is possible that the Intel-powered tablet will come a time.

For now, there are still some things that are less perfect than the release of Android on x86, such as features sound, ethernet, hardware acceleration, and camera.

Second, a handset / mobile phone with an Intel processor is still a long-term goals for the semiconductor giant. At this point, the power consumption / power remains a challenge for Intel, the chip comes from the tradition of "computer" versus chip "mobile" that have limited resources. However, the company has made ​​rapid progress in reducing overall power consumption of atomic series.

With a steady decline in power consumption and increase performance of Intel in the ARM processing capabilities, the two companies will eventually become rivals meet someday.

You can download at: http://www.android-x86.org/download and follow the development of Android ported to x86 at address: http://www.android-x86.org

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