AMD Shield?

Do you guys think we will ever see an AMD tablet similar to that of an Nvidia Shield? I think Carrizo would be ideal in the small form factor. If they could use the 8850k (or whatever it will be called) in a tablet and price it around $400-500 would you guys get one over the shield? Page 

No, Android is built for ARM processors. AMD's APUs are x86-64. I haven't looked so feel free to poke around on their product list but I believe all AMD ARM chips are intended for low power server use. 

I'm aware of this however with the SDK (AFAIK) it is possible to install Android on a PC and as such should be possible on AMD Carrizo. If this proves impossible SteamOS is perfect, and would allow for more functionality.

It's not possible to install Android on an x86 machine natively using Google's release. There is an OS project http://www.android-x86.org/ to do this.

"Steam OS is perfect" not for a touch-based device. There are some x86 tablets (surface, dell venue 8 pro) that you might be able to put linux on but for the most part you're going to have an unusable experience from poor touch support.

1. Gnome 3.14 has touch support

2. While Android can't install natively it could run virtually atop the Linux kernel

3. The Surface is overpriced. Especially considering I got my laptop about 18 months ago for $850 and it outperforms it.

4. The Venue doesn't really have the specs it should despite being $300

You can't install Linux on a 32Bit EFI i've tried it and it doesn't work. ( I own a Dell Venue 8 Pro and it can hold its own for a $250 Windows Tablet)  Only Older Older Distros Work. cause everything is pushing the 64-Bit Agenda.

As for the "AMD Shield" The only Reason I don't see one existing is due to what you mentioned, and that is their ARM processors are for the Server market. but then again its not impossible,  AMD has tested some of their APUs on Tablets. but they just never made it to the Public. so i don't see how they couldn't just put a tiny APU into a Controller and Screen Mount (Like Nvidias Shield)

The Venue is the only Windows tablet worth buying IMO. I've seen people play Skyrim with playable FPS.

It's a Good $250 Tablet The only problem with it is Windows Terrible Scaling and Store. if Microsoft were to Fix that THEN they'd actually be able to at least get more users into their Tablet Space. also side note - I'm curious if that Atom Processor is Much Faster than a Celeron because it's Absurdly Fast,

also to speak on the Surface Pro 3, if You are a student thats the best thing you could ever own in my personal opinion. I have a few friends that don't even carry a notebook to class anymore cause of it. and the reason it seems overpriced is because its a tablet with laptop capabilities that just so happens to also have a 1440p screen a lot of people seem to forget it has that. try finding a cheap notebook under a thousand with 1440p screen it's going to be difficult.

You're going to have awful battery life if your main OS is running as a VM. I'm not against the idea of an x86 Linux tablet, I'm just trying to explain the technical limitations of having one right now. Also, it's silly to try to compare a Surface to a laptop, they're two different form factors, your laptop is probably at least three times the size of a Surface.

As long as the kernel has minimal modules, this would not be the case. It doesn't require much to run a vm via ssh. Battery life may decrease by a 5% rate at most. I run tons of operating systems on my laptop and stunted battery life is not something I encounter even with something as excruciating as Windows as the host.

The way I see it is that this is a gimic at best. So I cannot see any other company wasting time with it.

Just to address: there are x86 android based devices.

This is no doubt fun and in some cases worth while but it is a software thing and in now way hardware dependant. It will come to all tablets and PC configurations in time. 

Like a lot of things nvidia are coming with really nice ideas and then messing them up with heaps of proprietary junk. Good ideas bad implementation.

I see two things AMD needs to overcome before they even think about making a tablet:

  1. Performance per watt- AMD, for the most part, does not have very good performance for their power consumption. Their AM1 platform CPUs are much better than what AMD has put out in the past, but the problem with AM1 is actually point 2.
  2. Performance per core/thread- AMD in their regular/performance desktop line has pretty good performance per core/thread. Problem is that doesn't necessarily translate to their lower power designs. I've tested the AMD 5350, the highest performance AM1 CPU, and it's not really even close to being anything worth writing home about. The i5-2450M in my laptop has fewer cores, is over two years older, TDP is only 10w higher, and yet in pretty much every benchmark I've run it's typically 25% better.