AMD's Hondo tablet chip will happily run Windows 8 and Linux, but not Android

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Today's business jargon gem: _TAM_, Total Addressable Market. AMD feels that Windows 8 comes with plenty of the stuff, so it sees no commercial need to make its forthcoming tablet chip -- codenamed [Hondo](http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/02/amd-2012-2013-roadmap-APUs-galore/) -- play nice Android as well. Speaking to _The Inquirer_, corporate VP Steve Belt said it was a "conscious decision" not to go after compatibility with Google's OS, because AMD doesn't want to spread itself into "other markets." What could this mean for us tablet-buyers? No dual-booting Windows / Android magic on AMD devices, for one thing, which is perhaps a shame now that ASUS has shown off [the combo's potentia](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/asus-transformer-aio/)l. On the other hand, Belt made it clear that Honda _will _support Linux, which -- for now, at least -- is more than can be said of Intel's rival low-power silicon, [Clover Trail](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/14/intel-claims-clover-trail-based-atom-wont-properly-run-linux/).

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