AMD, on the basis of the LayerCake technology, the company Bluestacks, the AMD AppZone Player released. This software should make it possible for Android applications using gpu acceleration on Windows to run.
The AMD AppZone Player is, according to the chip maker highly optimized for AMD Radeon technology and the corresponding OpenGL drivers on AMD apu’s and gpu’s. This would make Android games smoothly on AMD hardware should run. Can also through the service Cloud Connect, sms messages and apps be synced with an Android smartphone. The user should, however, the Cloud Connect install the application on his mobile phone.
According to AMD makes the AppZone Player is it possible to get access to half a million Android apps from the applicatiewinkels GetJar, Amazon App Store and 1Mobile, but the software provides no default access to Google Play. A short test shows that there is a significant range of apps. Also, the Windows Explorer into the library section, a link is created to the installed applications.
The AppZone Player is still free to use, all would be owners of an Intel processor, and not take advantage of the gpu acceleration. Wired reports that AMD are in a call with HP to try to get the AppZone Player is standard on the new AMD pcs and tablets with Windows 8 to install as an alternative for the limited app selection in the Windows Store. Rather put AMD all the money in Bluestacks, the developer of the emulation software.
