Advanced Micro Devices unveiled a new semiconductor platform for Windows-based tablets Wednesday. Like its larger rival Intel, which announced its own Windows tablet platform Tuesday, AMD is pinning its hopes on Microsoft being able to make a comeback on the operating-system side of the tablet space currently dominated by Apple’s iOS platform for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
Though Windows-based tablets were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last January, those first-generation products were unable to gain market traction. Nevertheless, AMD and Intel believe the full Windows ecosystem will eventually give Microsoft the leverage it needs to make a winning tablet play.
The reality is that even the fast market responses with tablets using Google’s Android have so far left the iPad unchallenged, noted Al Hilwa, director of applications development software at IDC. “There is probably nobody more experienced in building large hardware and software ecosystems today than Microsoft,” Hilwa said. “So I have to believe that they will be successful in the long run at evolving the PC into new areas.”
In Sync with Smartphones
Featuring support for HTML5, Adobe Flash 10.2, and external monitors, AMD’s new Windows-powered 2011 HD tablet platform is based on AMD’s latest Z-series application processor. Code-named Desna, the new Fusion chip is equipped with dual one-gigahertz cores.
AMD’s platform will give mobile workers full access to view, edit and collaborate on documents created in Microsoft Office and other business-related applications. What’s more, it will support Microsoft Office across multiple devices via Windows Live. And to enable IT departments to safely offer tablets to their mobile workforces, AMD’s offering also integrates enterprise-level security.
AMD’s 2011 HD tablet platform also features full compatibility with the iPhone, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry and other leading mobile devices. “By compatibility, we’re referring to the fact that you can sync with…
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