• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

AMD and BlueStacks Join Forces to Bring Android Apps to x86-based Tablets and PCs

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,280 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
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.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
Joined
Dec 6, 2005
Messages
10,881 (1.63/day)
Location
Manchester, NH
System Name Senile
Processor I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory 16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s) 34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (3440*1440) *FREE_SYNC*
Case Rosewill
Audio Device(s) Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply Corsair HX750
Mouse Logitech G5
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software Win 10
I hadn't heard of this before... in a nutshell, an Android emulator, or a full Android OS running on an x86 platform?

There are so many apps that rely on specific hardware functions that this will only be a good story if the hardware is built around the existing functions (some examples are accelerometers, GPS, touchscreens)
 
Joined
Jan 2, 2009
Messages
9,899 (1.78/day)
Location
Essex, England
System Name My pc
Processor Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory 16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s) MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage 2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s) Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply 650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard Generic mechanical keyboard
Software Windows ten
Downloading and testing this now, I hope games like death worm work XD
 
Joined
Nov 4, 2005
Messages
11,655 (1.73/day)
System Name Compy 386
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard Asus
Cooling Air for now.....
Memory 64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s) 7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs and over 10TB spinning
Display(s) 56" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s) ATI HDMI
Mouse Logitech MX518
Keyboard Razer
Software A lot.
Benchmark Scores Its fast. Enough.
AMD is focusing on this now?

Wow, they are really lost in the woods. Businesses don't want their people playing more android market games and reading books on their laptops, they want them to work. I just uninstalled all the crap off a Toshiba laptop with a APU for our techs.


Way to go, now you are just pissing the people who buy your shit off more.
 
Joined
Jan 2, 2009
Messages
9,899 (1.78/day)
Location
Essex, England
System Name My pc
Processor Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory 16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s) MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage 2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s) Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply 650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard Generic mechanical keyboard
Software Windows ten
AMD is focusing on this now?

Wow, they are really lost in the woods. Businesses don't want their people playing more android market games and reading books on their laptops, they want them to work. I just uninstalled all the crap off a Toshiba laptop with a APU for our techs.


Way to go, now you are just pissing the people who buy your shit off more.


The way I see it they're unifying two different operating systems, that's pretty cool.

A lot of people have android phones and have a lot of data that they can only view on their device it's self, now they potentially have a way of seeing it on the pc as well.


Also I didn't read anywhere about this stuff being pre-installed, why would it piss any one off?



Problem at the moment is have to log in with a facebook account to download extra stuff through the program directly. ( Luckily I have an account just for this :laugh:)




Edit: Pulse news looks great full screen :D
 
Joined
Jul 10, 2011
Messages
788 (0.17/day)
Processor Intel
Motherboard MSI
Cooling Cooler Master
Memory Corsair
Video Card(s) Nvidia
Storage Samsung/Western Digital/ADATA
Display(s) Samsung
Case Thermaltake
Audio Device(s) On Board
Power Supply Seasonic
Mouse A4TECH
Keyboard UniKey
Software Windows 10 x64
Epic fail. Just buy Android device.
 
Joined
Jan 2, 2009
Messages
9,899 (1.78/day)
Location
Essex, England
System Name My pc
Processor Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory 16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s) MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage 2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s) Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply 650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard Generic mechanical keyboard
Software Windows ten
Epic fail. Just buy Android device.

Again, missing the point, it's supposed to supplement Android devices not replace them :laugh:
 
Joined
May 4, 2009
Messages
1,970 (0.36/day)
Location
Bulgaria
System Name penguin
Processor R7 5700G
Motherboard Asrock B450M Pro4
Cooling Some CM tower cooler that will fit my case
Memory 4 x 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz
Video Card(s) IGP
Storage ADATA SU800 512GB
Display(s) 27' LG
Case Zalman
Audio Device(s) stock
Power Supply Seasonic SS-620GM
Software win10
Tablet like devices are about to sweep the portable market just like the netbooks did a couple off years ago. AMD are just trying to prevent another toxic Wintel avalanche i.e. windows machines running on $ntel HW because that is in nobody's best interest!

I think this is great news and hope to see similar actions from other companies in the field. Diversity is good so stop complaining and try to encourage it whenever possible :p
 

3volvedcombat

New Member
Joined
May 10, 2009
Messages
1,514 (0.28/day)
Location
South California, The desert.
System Name My Computer
Processor Core 2 Q9550 4Ghz 1.23volts
Motherboard Gigabyte
Cooling Corsair
Memory OCZ
Video Card(s) Galaxy
Storage Western Digital
Display(s) Acer
Case Lian li
Audio Device(s) Asus
Power Supply Corsiar
Software Microsoft
Benchmark Scores 25,000 3dmark06 at 4.35Ghz processor, 835core card!
Remember when the topic arrose about ARM processor's competing with x86, and Intel ect ect....

This just further justifies the fact that ARM processor's and the android device(iphone exeption of OS) phone's with pretty fast arm proc's are being noticed.

Noticed enough to start making some market change's and maybe some future plan's lay ahead.

But ARM processor's and this whole Mobile, to Desktop x86 computer alliegnment get's stronger every week, and eventually..... The market's might start to combine, or 1 will take over the other.

Console took over PC with gaming and small computer task, because they were cheap, and the basis of million's for entertainment.

Now imagine platform's with cheap but fast and efficient ARM processor's(APU's) that are fast enough, even mobile, and interconnected to PC's and Bigger panels and monitor's for better experiences. I'm sure the basis of million's with there basic need's will be suited perfectly with the right ARM processor's(Or competition Equivalent) and engineer'ed platforms. ;)

EDIT:
AMD in my opinion is making an excellent decision, there are huge amounts of tech snob's in these forums, but if you go ask around the regular neighborhood chances are your going to find a lot of people with android device's and apps, but there not going to be so knowledgeable when it come's to the technical's.
AMD set's them selves up to almost have a competing market with ARM's and draw more consumer's to buy AMD APU's and have fun with those, but there are a lot of changes ahead to get around to those points.
 
Last edited:
Joined
May 4, 2009
Messages
1,970 (0.36/day)
Location
Bulgaria
System Name penguin
Processor R7 5700G
Motherboard Asrock B450M Pro4
Cooling Some CM tower cooler that will fit my case
Memory 4 x 8GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz
Video Card(s) IGP
Storage ADATA SU800 512GB
Display(s) 27' LG
Case Zalman
Audio Device(s) stock
Power Supply Seasonic SS-620GM
Software win10
SoC =/= APU. A true APU woud be completely homogeneous - you shouldn't be able to tell where the CPU stops and the GPU takes over. The ARM market is too segregated for that kind of integration and unfortunately AMD is our only hope for a true APU right now. Let's just hope that they do better than the botch job that is BD.
 
Joined
May 23, 2008
Messages
376 (0.06/day)
Location
South Jersey
Mixed feelings.

On one hand, this just furhter re-enforces the stupidity of the common person.

I was asked one time "Does your PC have apps?"

Yes millions of them. From Microsoft office to games, in fact way more apps than your phone has!

I guess they do not realize apps is short for applications.

But whatever.

Another negative point, is now we will have a whole slew of PC applications that got ported over to android, and are now being emulated back

On a positive note this does promote homogeny among electronic devices.
 
Joined
Feb 17, 2007
Messages
1,238 (0.20/day)
Location
SoCal
Processor AMD Phenom II 1055T @ 3.6ghz 1.3V
Motherboard Asus M5A97 EVO
Cooling Xigmatek SD1284
Memory 2x4GB Patriot Sector 5 PC3-12800 @ 7-8-7-24-1T 1.7V
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon HD 7950 DD @ 1100/1350 1.185V
Storage OCZ Agility 3 120GB + 2x7200.12 500GB Raid1
Display(s) QNIX QX2710 27" LCD 1440p @ 120hz
Case Cooler Master 690M
Audio Device(s) Realtek ALC892
Power Supply Enermax Liberty 620W Eco Edition
Software Windows 7 Professional x64 / Ubuntu 12.04 x64
Just windows? I think it'd be easier to go from Android Linux, to desktop Linux. And then I can finally have a working netflix app in Linux.
 

3volvedcombat

New Member
Joined
May 10, 2009
Messages
1,514 (0.28/day)
Location
South California, The desert.
System Name My Computer
Processor Core 2 Q9550 4Ghz 1.23volts
Motherboard Gigabyte
Cooling Corsair
Memory OCZ
Video Card(s) Galaxy
Storage Western Digital
Display(s) Acer
Case Lian li
Audio Device(s) Asus
Power Supply Corsiar
Software Microsoft
Benchmark Scores 25,000 3dmark06 at 4.35Ghz processor, 835core card!
Mixed feelings.

On one hand, this just furhter re-enforces the stupidity of the common person.

I was asked one time "Does your PC have apps?"

Yes millions of them. From Microsoft office to games, in fact way more apps than your phone has!

I guess they do not realize apps is short for applications.

But whatever.

Another negative point, is now we will have a whole slew of PC applications that got ported over to android, and are now being emulated back

On a positive note this does promote homogeny among electronic devices.

Apps on andriod's are almost considered "additions" not full applications with complete set purposes and a more direct approach to getting the task done,

But also, Microsoft office and game's are called "programs" not applications, I believe because they are way huger then anything for mobile, and become permanent additions to ones laboratory of things to play with.

But your point gets across though
 

WarraWarra

New Member
Joined
Nov 23, 2010
Messages
268 (0.05/day)
AMD and android apps now ??

This is a bit late and seeing everyone is ticked off with Android, it's poor quality control, it's spyware inbuilt into ice cream. It is just by pure stupidity and manufacturers having nothing else to replace it with that Android is still growing.
Actually Android "user confidence" is about where the USA political confidence is 7% about.

The concept is great and as someone else pointed out hardware specific apps would not work and many apps is non generic so for 1 of the 4000 arm cpu's or qualcomm "msm" etc... cpu's optimized and then the combination of that cpu + it's specific gpu.

They effectively have closer to 30k - 50k apps that might works and usually this is mediocre apps or apps with poor coding so best of luck AMD you have your nightmare cut out for you.

Another thing AMD has to look out for is the Oracle JAVA/Google law suite and most of these apps based on that old code and potential lawsuits for AMD from this and other corruption we allow here is the USA.

Bluestack alone must already be infringing on close to 7000 patents, I wish them luck.
 
Joined
May 23, 2008
Messages
376 (0.06/day)
Location
South Jersey
Apps on andriod's are almost considered "additions" not full applications with complete set purposes and a more direct approach to getting the task done,

But also, Microsoft office and game's are called "programs" not applications, I believe because they are way huger then anything for mobile, and become permanent additions to ones laboratory of things to play with.

But your point gets across though

Ahh, so Android should really have an "Add store" lol.


I used the term programs in the 80s and most of the 90s, and you are right that office and games are programs but they are also of the subset Applications.

Not all programs are applications, but all applications are programs :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software
 

Fx

Joined
Oct 31, 2008
Messages
1,332 (0.24/day)
Location
Portland, OR
Processor Ryzen 2600x
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
Cooling Noctua
Memory G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB DDR4 3466
Video Card(s) EVGA 980ti FTW
Storage (OS)Samsung 950 Pro (512GB), (Data) WD Reds
Display(s) 24" Dell UltraSharp U2412M
Case Fractal Design Define R5
Audio Device(s) Sennheiser GAME ONE
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2
Mouse Mionix Castor
Keyboard Deck Hassium Pro
Software Windows 10 Pro x64
I see it as a good move. I dont want AMD left behind in the dust just because they didnt notice markets changing
 

3volvedcombat

New Member
Joined
May 10, 2009
Messages
1,514 (0.28/day)
Location
South California, The desert.
System Name My Computer
Processor Core 2 Q9550 4Ghz 1.23volts
Motherboard Gigabyte
Cooling Corsair
Memory OCZ
Video Card(s) Galaxy
Storage Western Digital
Display(s) Acer
Case Lian li
Audio Device(s) Asus
Power Supply Corsiar
Software Microsoft
Benchmark Scores 25,000 3dmark06 at 4.35Ghz processor, 835core card!
Ahh, so Android should really have an "Add store" lol.


I used the term programs in the 80s and most of the 90s, and you are right that office and games are programs but they are also of the subset Applications.

Not all programs are applications, but all applications are programs :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software

Andriod confusing our term's up.

And I just realized androids are beyond buggier then hell, and that means it could be a worse step then a better one for AMD.

Some of the most ridiculous freezes, hangs, Sometimes my phone goes into brick mode, even after complete reset....

So its a shot in the dark
 
Joined
Oct 29, 2009
Messages
2,666 (0.51/day)
System Name Old Gateway / Steam Deck OLED LE
Processor i5 4440 3.1ghz / Jupiter 4c 8t
Motherboard Gateway / Valve
Cooling Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory 2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3 / 16gb DDR5 6400
Video Card(s) RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage 240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s) Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case Gateway / Valve LE
Audio Device(s) Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago), Valve
Power Supply 380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
Mouse Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex 100 / virtual
VR HMD Lmao
Software Windows 10 / Steam OS
Benchmark Scores It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC. SD LE 45fps
honestly i think a lot of the issues with android has to do with the tinkering from the different carriers...
 
Joined
Jan 9, 2008
Messages
324 (0.05/day)
Location
Bucharest ROMANIA
System Name Blue Monolith (working on name)
Processor AMD Phenom II 1090T... on H2O
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7
Cooling EK-Supreme with 2 radiators for the moment ~ 22 celsius
Memory Kingston HyperX 2x2GB DDR3 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 KHX1600C8D3K2
Video Card(s) hd 6870 Sapphire 1GB
Storage 8x 500GB Seagate Barracuda on LSI controller
Display(s) Samsung 206BW
Case Aplus Black Pearl WCR with water cooling mounts :)
Audio Device(s) Creative X-FI Platinum Fatal1ty Champion
Power Supply Gigabyte ODIN GT-800 (that with software)
Software Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores WORKING IN PROGRESS P10464 in VANTAGE(this is the old score)
android

wellcome to android world ... AMD, finally
 
Joined
Jul 10, 2011
Messages
788 (0.17/day)
Processor Intel
Motherboard MSI
Cooling Cooler Master
Memory Corsair
Video Card(s) Nvidia
Storage Samsung/Western Digital/ADATA
Display(s) Samsung
Case Thermaltake
Audio Device(s) On Board
Power Supply Seasonic
Mouse A4TECH
Keyboard UniKey
Software Windows 10 x64
Joined
Jan 12, 2010
Messages
1,526 (0.29/day)
System Name Custom Built
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard Asus PRIME A520M-A
Cooling Stock heatsink/fan
Memory 16GB 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz
Video Card(s) MSI 1050Ti 4GB
Storage KINGSTON SNVS250G 256GB M.2 + 2 data disks
Display(s) Dell S2421NX
Case Aerocool CS103
Audio Device(s) Realtek
Power Supply Seasonic M12II-520 EVO
Mouse Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard Logitech
Software Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Meh, doesn't run ARM compiled apps gives the error INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE.
 
Joined
Feb 17, 2010
Messages
1,475 (0.29/day)
Location
Azalea City
System Name Main
Processor Ryzen 5950x
Motherboard B550 PG Velocita
Cooling Water
Memory Ballistix
Video Card(s) RX 6900XT
Storage T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO
Display(s) Samsung UE590
Case QUBE 500
Audio Device(s) Logitech Z623
Power Supply LEADEX V 1KW
Mouse Cooler Master MM710
Keyboard Huntsman Elite
Software 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores https://hwbot.org/user/damric/
Finally some games that will run without lag on Bulldozer?
 
Joined
Aug 22, 2007
Messages
3,450 (0.57/day)
Location
CA, US
System Name :)
Processor Intel 13700k
Motherboard Gigabyte z790 UD AC
Cooling Noctua NH-D15
Memory 64GB GSKILL DDR5
Video Card(s) Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC
Storage 960GB Optane 905P U.2 SSD + 4TB PCIe4 U.2 SSD
Display(s) Alienware AW3423DW 175Hz QD-OLED + Nixeus 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz
Case Fractal Design Torrent
Audio Device(s) MOTU M4 - JBL 305P MKII w/2x JL Audio 10 Sealed --- X-Fi Titanium HD - Presonus Eris E5 - JBL 4412
Power Supply Silverstone 1000W
Mouse Roccat Kain 122 AIMO
Keyboard KBD67 Lite / Mammoth75
VR HMD Reverb G2 V2
Software Win 11 Pro
so i can get dungeon defenders on PC for free!
muahahah
xD
 
Top