Nov 15, 2010 13:28 GMT  ·  By

It appears that what can be seen as an actual collaboration between the two archrivals on the CPU market has more or less come to pass, or soon will, now that AMD has decided to support MeeGo.

Some time ago, Intel and Nokia joined forces in order to come up with a new platform for everything from smartphones to even netbooks.

It is being being hosted by The Linux Foundation, a non-profit consortium of which AMD is a gold level member.

Now, Advanced Micro Devices has announced that it too will add its expertise in order to support this new platform.

"Built from the ground up for a whole new class of mobile computing devices, MeeGo gives companies like AMD and its partners unlimited opportunities to accelerate innovation for the next generation of computing," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation.

"As an existing Linux Foundation member, AMD will be an important and valuable contributor to the MeeGo Project," he added.

"MeeGo represents an exciting, open-source mobile operating system we expect to be adopted by mobile and embedded device makers over time," said Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice president, software development, AMD.

"We are glad to provide engineering resources to joint industry efforts like MeeGo and expect that this operating system will help drive our embedded plans and create expanded market opportunities for our forthcoming Accelerated Processing Units," he went on to saying.

MeeGo is currently available in version 1.1 and will show up in not just the aforementioned areas, but also in tablets and in-vehicle infotainment systems, plus whatever other embedded devices may prove appropriate.

AMD's role will be to “will provide engineering expertise intended to help establish the technical foundations for next-generation mobile platforms and embedded devices,” or so was the choice of words of the official announcement.