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Tablets with 64-bit Android, Intel Bay Trail chips coming next year |
November 21, 2013
Tablets with 64-bit versions of the Android OS and Intel Atom chips code-named Bay Trail will become available next year, Intel said on Thursday.Intel is developing a 64-bit version of the Android OS to work with Bay Trail chips, said Brian Krzanich, CEO of Intel, during an investor meeting in Santa Clara, California, which was webcast.The 64-bit Android tablets will be released after Bay Trail tablets with a 64-bit version of Microsoft's Windows 8.1 are released in the first quarter next year, Krzanich said. Intel has said Android tablets with Bay Trail could be available starting at $150. The Bay Trail chips already support 64-bit addressing.Right now tablets running on ARM and Intel processors are equipped with 32-bit versions of Android. It is not clear what version of Android will be used in the 64-bit Intel-based tablets. Intel is currently developing an image of the Android 4.4 OS code-named KitKat.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2066000/tablets-with-64bit-android-intel-bay-trail-chips-coming-next-year.html#tk.rss_all
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