BlueStacks Vir­tua­li­zed Android Solu­ti­on Opti­mi­zed for Fourth Gene­ra­ti­on AMD APUs Enables Users to Enjoy a Full Android Expe­ri­ence on Win­dows-based tablets, 2‑in-1s, note­books and desktops

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jan. 6, 2013 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announ­ced a new mile­stone in their col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with BlueStacks, a joint solu­ti­on that brings the com­ple­te Goog­le™ Android OS expe­ri­ence to Micro­soft® Win­dows- based tablets, 2‑in-1s, note­books and desk­tops. Opti­miza­ti­ons for the fourth gene­ra­ti­on AMD APU in BlueStacks pro­vi­de a com­ple­te, Android user inter­face and exten­si­ve sup­port for Android apps for enter­tain­ment and productivity.

“Win­dows and Android are both matu­re ope­ra­ting sys­tems, each satis­fy­ing the needs of mil­li­ons of users,” said Ste­ve Belt, cor­po­ra­te vice pre­si­dent, Pro­duct Manage­ment, at AMD. “Users who­se devices and pre­fe­ren­ces span the two eco­sys­tems no lon­ger have to face device-spe­ci­fic rest­ric­tions on the bene­fits of one eco­sys­tem or the other becau­se AMD and BlueStacks have crea­ted a seam­less user expe­ri­ence bet­ween the ope­ra­ting sys­tems.  Now users have access to all the apps — games, com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons and con­tent con­sump­ti­on — they love on their Android mobi­le devices right at their fin­ger­tips, while get­ting important pro­duc­ti­vi­ty tasks or high-end PC gam­ing accom­plished on their Win­dows PC.”

The new ver­si­on of BlueStacks run­ning on a Win­dows PC powered by fourth gene­ra­ti­on AMD APUs offers:

·         A fami­li­ar Android user inter­face, inclu­ding set­tings, con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on and cus­to­miza­ti­on controls;

·         The abili­ty to run Android apps within a win­dow or at full-screen reso­lu­ti­on lever­aging direct access to AMD gra­phics pro­ces­sing power;

·         Sup­port for hundreds of thou­sands of Android apps direct from various Android app stores, as well as syn­chro­niza­ti­on bet­ween the same apps being run on the user’s stand-alo­ne Android devices; and

·         Seam­less inter­ope­ra­bi­li­ty through direct file sha­ring that enables Android apps to access files stored within the Win­dows file system.

“We’re working with AMD to build the next gre­at PC and AMD’s indus­try-lea­ding hard­ware allows for a more fle­xi­ble expe­ri­ence with Android apps on the PC for end-users,” said Rosen Shar­ma, CEO, BlueStacks. “AMD shares our visi­on of Mobi­le Plus in pro­vi­ding users with easy access to their favo­ri­te Android games, mobi­le apps and pro­duc­ti­vi­ty tools from all their devices and moving towards a more open/shared ecosystem.”

Unli­ke tra­di­tio­nal “dual-OS” sys­tems, which requi­re the user to dis­en­ga­ge from one OS befo­re using ano­ther, the AMD and BlueStacks solu­ti­on runs Android vir­tual­ly within Win­dows. AMD APUs are desi­gned to deli­ver far grea­ter pro­ces­sing power than the smart pho­nes for which Android apps are gene­ral­ly deve­lo­ped, and should pro­vi­de more than enough per­for­mance to sup­port the typi­cal Android app’s requi­re­ments, pro­vi­ding a very satis­fy­ing user experience.

The latest ver­si­on of BlueStacks allows con­su­mers to sync Android apps from a mobi­le device to a PC with FoneLink, a cloud-based ser­vice that enables an AMD Win­dows-based PCs to beco­me an exten­si­on of Android mobi­le devices and vice ver­sa.  BlueStacks also adds sup­port for AMD vir­tua­liza­ti­on hard­ware so that mul­ti­ple ope­ra­ting sys­tems and their appli­ca­ti­ons can run simul­ta­neous­ly on the same computer.

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About BlueStacks

BlueStacks is an AMD Ven­tures-backed soft­ware com­pa­ny that enables Android apps to run on note­books, desk­tops, all-in-one PCs, sla­tes and tablets. BlueStacks was foun­ded in 2009 by Rosen Shar­ma, is pri­va­te­ly held and head­quar­te­red in Sili­con Val­ley with glo­bal offices in India, Tai­wan and Japan. For more infor­ma­ti­on visit http://www.bluestacks.com/, or join their more than 1,000,000 Face­book fans at www.facebook.com/bluestacksinc.

About AMD

AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and inte­gra­tes tech­no­lo­gy that powers mil­li­ons of intel­li­gent devices, inclu­ding per­so­nal com­pu­ters, tablets, game con­so­les and cloud ser­vers that defi­ne the new era of sur­round com­pu­ting. AMD solu­ti­ons enable peo­p­le ever­y­whe­re to rea­li­ze the full poten­ti­al of their favo­ri­te devices and appli­ca­ti­ons to push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on, visit www.amd.com.