AMD (AMD) Looking Beyond Windows 8 for Laptops, Tablets (GOOG) (MSFT)

June 5, 2013 2:52 PM EDT
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is looking to cross over to the dark side.

According to PCWorld, AMD might start building chips for Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android and Chrome operating systems. The expansion will come as chips using x86 and ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH) architecture are able to run on multiple operating systems.

AMD said it is still committed to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8.

No word on when the chips will start showing up in laptops or tablets using Chrome or Android.

Shares of AMD are down 1.8 percent.


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