There is a started port on the Dell Axim x51v
(here<http://axdroid.blogspot.com/2009/03/android-is-working.html>)
which is a PXA270 i.e. XScale ARM. I believe it's a v5 ARM core.

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Dafydd Monks <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> I think that the big two here are ARM (for most applications Android
> will be used for) and x86 for netbooks, etc. The older ARM cores are
> still 32bit, but I can't see Android running on an ARM4 or ARM5 core -
> but I've not really got the experience to tell you there, its just my
> hunch from knowing what I know of those platforms.
>
> Ooh, and I don't think it's possible to port Android to a 16bit MCU...
> the Linux kernel is inherently 32Bit. Even if you could, I'm not sure
> what the advantages would be as realistically it's only going to be
> 32bit platforms that are attractive.
>
> Ooh, and to add my personal experience to this, I can confirm that
> Android works nicely on the Asus EEE-7x series (x86)... and works well
> from a USB stick on that platform. Not tried it on a full PC.
>
> ~Dafydd
>
> On Jul 31, 10:41 pm, Elvis Dowson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >        I'd just like to start a thread to list all the platforms that
> > android has been ported to, so please feel free to reply to this
> > thread and add to the list.
> >
> > ARM7 core - TI OMAP 3503/3530 platform
> > x86
> >
> > Has anyone done a port of android to a 16-bit microprocessor platform?
> > Possibly a Freescale or Samsung ARM core variant?
> >
> > Elvis Dowson
>
> >
>

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