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Re:Google TV: Now faster and easier by andybak on Wednesday November 14, 2012 @02:04PM (#4784885)
> A simple answer for this is "it is compiled for x86, as the reference platform for a Google TV is an Intel CE4100"

I thought they were switching to ARM or has that not happened yet?

> As the GoogleTV at some level relies on not pissing off content providers

Once again they hold back an entire industry to prevent piracy whilst utterly failing to do so by any measure.

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Re:Google TV: Now faster and easier by saurik on Wednesday November 14, 2012 @07:53PM (#4786492)
> I thought they were switching to ARM or has that not happened yet?

This seems to have actually already happened (I didn't actually get any of the new hardware released after this year's Google I/O; I was mostly interested in this the prior year, when it seemed like it might be popular). You probably then actually can just run it on another device, but it would involve stealing the software off of an existing unit.

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