Emulators on machines with an AMD processor have been supported since July 2018 as stated in Android Emulator - AMD Processor & Hyper-V Support.
In addition to that, there is a guide on developers.android.com for setting up an emulator in various environments with details on system requirements:
- SDK Tools 26.1.1 or higher
- 64-bit processor
- Windows: CPU with UG (unrestricted guest) support
- HAXM 6.2.1 or later (HAXM 7.2.0 or later recommended)
The use of hardware acceleration has additional requirements on
Windows and Linux:
Intel processor on Windows or Linux: Intel processor with support for Intel VT-x, Intel EM64T (Intel 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality
AMD processor on Linux: AMD processor with support for AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) and Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
(SSSE3)
- AMD processor on Windows: Android Studio 3.2 or higher and Windows 10 April 2018 release or higher for Windows Hypervisor Platform (WHPX)
functionality
To work with Android 8.1 (API level 27) and higher system images, an
attached webcam must have the capability to capture 720p frames.
So it seems that you have to make sure your development machine has the required features and then follow the steps from the blog post.