AMD today announced an investment in BlueStacks, a venture-backed firm
developing innovative software. BlueStacks has introduced a solution to
enable Android applications to run fast and full-screen on Windows-based
devices.
AMD and BlueStacks are collaborating to optimize the BlueStacks App
Player for Windows software for use with tablet and notebook PCs powered
by AMD APUs with AMD VISION technology. With this combination of
BlueStacks software and AMD technology, consumers will be able to access
their favorite Android apps on virtually any AMD-powered Windows-based
device, including more than 200,000 apps currently available in the
Android Market.
“Bluestacks is a visionary software company that is, seamlessly, making
the emerging Android mobile apps market part of the broader computing
ecosystem and enhancing such experiences on our award-winning APU
platforms,” said Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, AMD Fusion
Experience Program. “AMD is committed to support such game changing
innovators through investment and other activity as we work together to
usher in new experiences that allow consumers to enjoy the full
capabilities of the brilliant graphics and computing performance enabled
by AMD.”
“AMD’s investment in BlueStacks will help us to create an environment
where your favorite apps can be accessed regardless of platform
technology, providing greater entertainment and productivity value,”
said Rosen Sharma, president and chief executive officer of BlueStacks.
“Working with AMD enables us to do this faster by expanding our network
of OEMs and retailers to reach a broad audience of consumers and
businesses that want to get more out of Android.”
The AMD Fusion Fund program makes strategic investments in companies
that are developing unique, digital consumer and professional
experiences that harness the horsepower of AMD Fusion Accelerated
Processing Unit (APU) products. AMD Fusion APUs deliver powerful
computing capabilities plus discrete-class graphics with dedicated HD
video processing on a single chip. AMD Fusion APUs are powered by AMD
VISION Engine Software, with regular driver updates designed to improve
system performance and stability.
BlueStacks was founded by Rosen Sharma, a successful entrepreneur who
has founded several companies that have since been acquired by industry
leaders such as Microsoft,
Google, Citrix and McAfee. BlueStacks’ software solution was publicly
showcased in AMD’s Fusion Zone at the 2011 COMPUTEX Taipei conference.
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