BlueStacks teams with AMD to optimize Android App Player for Fusion, Radeon chips (video)


AMD has a disproportionately large $6.4 million investment in [BlueStacks](http://www.engadget.com/tag/BlueStacks/), and now we're seeing one clear reason why. The two companies have teamed up to create a special version of the [BlueStacks App Player](http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/27/bluestacks-app-player-hits-beta-supports-arm-written-android-ap/) that's tuned for AMD's [Fusion](http://www.engadget.com/tag/AMD,Fusion/)-based processors and [Radeon](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Radeon/) graphics cards, running Android apps with the full help of the chip desgner's hardware in Windows 7 and 8 PCs. Accordingly, over 500,000 Android apps are invading AMD's new AppZone portal without any needed tweaks of their own, giving the service a much larger catalog than if it had gone with Windows alone. Both companies have a clear incentive to this melding of desktop and mobile: BlueStacks suddenly gets exposure to as many as 100 million AMD-running users, while AMD can tout a giant app catalog that may be preloaded on future PCs using its components. We don't know if the world needs yet another avenue for playing _[Angry Birds](http://www.engadget.com/tag/AngryBirds/)_, especially when many AMD-based PCs won't have touchscreens, but the BlueStacks partnership could be a strong lure for new PC buyers who'd like an instant software library.

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