Adobe’s Flash Hopes To Turn The Table On Microsoft’s Silverlight With GPU Acceleration

Adobe Systems emphasized Monday that Flash 10, the latest version of its multimedia software, harnesses the power of graphics processors to present images.

The improvement now gives Flash a capability Microosft’s competing Silverlight already has. The intent is to keep software developers from favoring this rival.

Adobe Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch said at the Adobe Max conference in San Francisco that the aim is to take advantage of the GPU to more quickly render video and images on computer screens. Graphics processors are faster and use less power than general purpose computer chips, he said.

The challenge is that there are numerous graphics processors in the market and Adobe has to make sure Flash works well with each one.

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