14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that Acer is not the only company with thoughts of changing its business direction, as Advanced Micro Devices also seems to be seriously considering a more bold approach to the tablet segment.
Advanced Micro Devices has been without a Chief Executive Officer for a fairly long time now.
Granted, an interim has been filling the post, but the lack of an actual head figure has pretty much left mid to long-term plans up in the air.
Acer's situation is not much different, since it too lacks a CEO, although it does seem to have decided on a new path, more or less.
The alleged reason behind the former AMD leader getting sacked was a tablet strategy that did not appeal to the board of directors.
Meanwhile, the Sunnyvale, California-based company has been doing its best to promote its Fusion APU on the late segment.
Digitimes points out that MSI has tablets powered by Fusion already (like this one), showing that the CPU, GPU and APU maker really is serious about this.
Of course, seeing how fast slates have risen in sales, it is not at all surprising, and with the mobile market overall rising in profile, Android is bound to get attention, as is the ARM architecture.
What Advanced Micro Devices is supposedly doing is searching for new prospective employees that are versed in the Android OS.
The IT player wants specialists capable of making drivers compatible with this operating system, meaning that AMD is likely bent on providing new netbook, tablet and notebook chipsets compatible with it.
That said, there is the distinct possibility of Fusion-powered slates running Android, some of which may even show up at Computex, Taipei (start of June, 2011).
In the meantime, consumers can feel amused at how AMD botched its first batch of Radeon HD 6790 graphics cards.