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ASUSes Transformer Books

Hyrikan
By Hyrikan
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Hi,

 

I just watched Linus' video about the new ASUS Transformer Books, that are able to switch between Android and Windows seemlessly.

I have one question about that: Linus mentioned that those notebooks/tablets run an Intel i3/5/7 processor, which afaik all are x86/x64 based processors.

Did I miss something or did Android get a x86 portation? I thought the kernel was based on an ARM-architecture?

  • Primary PC: i7-3770K@4,6GHz | Thermalright Macho | ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 | 16 GB Corsair Vengeance@1866MHz | 2x Gigabyte 660ti 3GB@1130MHz | 256 GB Samsung 840 | WD Black 1TB | BeQuiet! DarkPower Pro 650W | Zalman Z11
  • Secondary PC: i7-860@3,1GHz | Scythe Katana 3 | ASUS Maximus III Formula P55 | 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz | 2x Zotac GTX 280@650MHz | WD Velociraptor 500GB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | BeQuiet! DarkPower Pro 750W | Coolermaster Cosmos S

 

 

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android supports X86 xD

i cant remember when this happened but i do remember this

 

Ok, I must have missed something. I know that it's based on the Linux-Kernel and therefore is theoretically able to support x86, but I don't remember to hear of a successful port, just some projects that didn't really succeed.

  • Primary PC: i7-3770K@4,6GHz | Thermalright Macho | ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 | 16 GB Corsair Vengeance@1866MHz | 2x Gigabyte 660ti 3GB@1130MHz | 256 GB Samsung 840 | WD Black 1TB | BeQuiet! DarkPower Pro 650W | Zalman Z11
  • Secondary PC: i7-860@3,1GHz | Scythe Katana 3 | ASUS Maximus III Formula P55 | 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz | 2x Zotac GTX 280@650MHz | WD Velociraptor 500GB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | BeQuiet! DarkPower Pro 750W | Coolermaster Cosmos S

 

 

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