Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on x 86

Some developers seek to the last version of Android for x 86 processors.

Recently, a version of Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 for x 86 platform Android runs on Internet. A first porting code is before any intended to developers for a few more or less promising tests on tablets and netbooks. Visibly, the optimizations made to this version the pré-destine primarily for AMD processors, better used.

Chih-Wei Huang, one of the developers who made a name bossant on porting of Android on x 86 platforms, explains that this version supports WiFi and touch multi-point. However, GPUS are not put to contribution to the acceleration OpenGL ES. Idem, forums, photo and Ethernet port sensors are not yet recognized.

Remember of course that this kind of ports is not official and that Google has nothing with these versions. The giant focusing on the ARM of its mobile operating system version, leaving it to those who wish to adapt it to the processors x 86. Note that AMD is not foreign to some of these optimizations in the Ice Cream Sandwich code for x 86. More information on some specialized, as Android - x 86 .org sites.

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