Chipset vendor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is hiring Android driver development engineers, marking the company’s move into the tablet and smartphone space. The move may be a wise one indeed, considering that market research outfit Gartner expects tablet sales to jump from 70 million units this year to around 294 million units by 2015. Smartphones are expected to reach around 850 million units in that timeframe.
Hiring Android developers indicates the possibility of an AMD-powered tablet or notebook in the near future running the Android operating system.
A job post on the AMD website reads: “The Linux Base Graphics team is looking for Android Driver Development engineers to help us evolve our driver stack for new platforms and in line with the development trends in the Android ecosystem. Experience with video decodes acceleration within the Android Web browser or video player application would be an asset.”
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