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Intel Considers Hardware Acceleration For Google's WebM Format

Posted by timothy on from the those-guys-will-do-anything-for-money dept.

CWmike writes "Intel is considering hardware-based acceleration for Google's new WebM video file format in its Atom-based TV chips if the format gains popularity, an Intel executive said on Thursday. Announced last Wednesday at Google I/O, WebM files will include video streams compressed with the open-source VP8 video codec, which was acquired by Google when it bought On2 Technologies in February. 'Just like we did with other codecs like MPEG2, H.264 and VC1, if VP8 establishes itself in the Smart TV space, we will add it to our [hardware] decoders,' said Wilfred Martis, a general manager at Intel's Digital Home Group."

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  1. Re:Not the first time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually Tesla's version was superior to Edison's, do your research.

  2. Re:Nice by daveime · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about hardware support for animated GIFs, if today is "ridiculous uses for an FPGA day" ?

  3. Re:Mod me down you dumb faggots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    fyi, the crowning achievement of any internet troll is to type "niggers" and have some dork post a 5000 word essay (that nobody reads) in response.

    congrats, you are more meaningful to some basement-dweller than the $100 hooker he lost his virginity with.

  4. Re:Nice by sakdoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want hardware support for Windows XP search dog. Do it intel!