Android-x86

<p>Android-x86 is an <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> project that makes an unofficial porting of the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> <a href="/facts/Mobile_operating_system/wysBVca1">mobile operating system</a> developed by the <a href="/facts/Open_Handset_Alliance/9A3WkAPq">Open Handset Alliance</a> to run on devices powered by <a href="/facts/X86/Kypq5fgu">x86</a> processors, rather than RISC-based <a href="/facts/ARM_architecture/SALsYA79">ARM</a> chips.
</p><p>Developers <a href="/facts/Chih-Wei_Huang/TWCuq99g">Chih-Wei Huang</a> and Yi Sun originated the project in 2009. The project began as a series of <a href="/facts/Patch_(computing)/sIHVBPls">patches</a> to the Android <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> to enable Android to run on various <a href="/facts/Netbooks/aExm3tmc">netbooks</a>, <a href="/facts/Tablet_computer/6pGX2I7b">tablets</a> and <a href="/facts/Ultra-mobile_PC/uh0bzTeU">ultra-mobile PCs</a>. Huang is the current project maintainer. Currently active developers include Mauro Rossi and Michael Goffioul.
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