{"id":59993,"date":"2012-09-17T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=59993"},"modified":"2012-09-17T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T09:35:08","slug":"amd-hondo-designed-for-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/59993-amd-hondo-designed-for-windows-8.html","title":{"rendered":"AMD Hondo designed for Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMD has said that its upcoming Hondo processor will be focused on Windows 8 tablets.<\/p>\n<p>The chip is a push for AMD to make its mark in the competitive tablet market, as the chip manufacturer sees potential in the Windows platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Windows 8 product, only. We\u2019re not doing Android on this platform, at least not now,&#8221; said AMD\u2019s corporate VP Steve Belt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a conscious decision not to go after Android. We think the Windows 8 space has a lot of opportunity, there\u2019s plenty of TAM [total addressable market] there for us to go at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although it is oriented towards the Windows platform, Hondo will also support Linux.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"The Inquirer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/inquirer\/news\/2205758\/amds-hondo-will-only-support-windows-8-at-launch\" target=\"_blank\">The Inquirer<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/59459-cheapest-tablets-you-can-buy.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cheapest tablets you can buy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AMD's low-power servers\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/59533-amd-unveils-low-power-servers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AMD unveils low-power servers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to What to expect from Windows Phone 8\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/57777-what-to-expect-from-windows-phone-8.html\">What to expect from Windows Phone 8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Great gadgets to look forward to\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/56857-great-gadgets-to-look-forward-to.html\">Great gadgets to look forward to<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMD\u2019s new Hondo processor will prioritise Windows 8 tablets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":48268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[577,15465,15463,7979],"class_list":["post-59993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-amd","tag-hondo","tag-hondo-chip","tag-quicknews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}