Intel
modifies Android to
make it
ready for
64-bit chips
Google didn't give
Android 4.4 KitKat native support for
64-bit hardware like
Apple did with iOS 7, but that isn't stopping
Intel from taking matters into its own hands.
Per CNET,
Intel this week released a modified version of KitKat that comes with a
64-bit kernel, which means that it will be compatible with
64-bit Intel processors for mobile devices. To
make this happen,
Intel said that it "ported, validated and tested the
Android Open Source code on IA, taking on the work that developers typically would need to do on their own" so that it could help "provide the ecosystem with
64-bit kernel support for development of next-generation devices."
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