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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--AMD (NYSE: AMD):
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) announces the availability of a beta plug-in for the
Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4 software that continues to enhance the
performance of a range of complex video editing tasks.1 The
plug-in is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Adobe and AMD
engineers to take advantage of ATI Stream technology to allocate
processing between available system CPU and GPU resources to enable
maximum application performance. |
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Why: |
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The Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 plug-in
draws on the computational power of both the CPU and GPU to add
hardware-driven performance improvements to the already rapid processing
power of Adobe Premiere Pro.
ATI Stream technology allows the powerful GPU to be used for more
than just graphics processing, resulting in enhanced general computing
power. |
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Who: |
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Consumers and professionals using AMD
platform technology, such as the desktop PC platform technology
codenamed “Dragon,”
ATI Radeon™ or
ATI FirePro™ graphics cards looking to improve the performance of
compute-intensive applications like video encoding.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 provides a comprehensive solution for
creative professionals who need to craft world-class video, audio and
interactive media. ATI Stream Technology taps additional computing
resources available to Adobe Premiere Pro users by taking advantage of
both CPU and GPU processing power. |
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Benefits: |
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The
ATI Catalyst™ Driver enables millions of
ATI Radeon™ and
ATI FirePro™ users to unlock ATI Stream compute acceleration
capabilities on their graphics cards. Upon downloading
http://links.amd.com/adobepremiere and installing the latest
plug-in, Adobe users with the plug-in and the latest Catalyst driver may
experience an encoding performance improvement of up to 8X.1
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Resources: |
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Follow ATI Stream updates on Twitter at
@ATIStream |
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For graphics card pricing, click
here |
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Provide feedback on the application in
the
AMD Forum |
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Product images can be found at the
AMD Unprocessed Flickr page |
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About AMD |
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Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is
an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with
customers and technology partners to ignite the next generation of
computing and graphics solutions at work, home and play. For more
information, visit
http://www.amd.com. |
1The Beta plug-in for
Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS4 demonstrates significant increases in video
encoding performance. When installed, the plug-in encoded an H.264, 1440x1080i
29.97 frames-per-second, High Quality file in 47.3s; without the plug-in, Adobe
Premiere Pro encoded the same file in 372.5s (Custom pre-set based on 1440x1080i
29.97 frames-per-second High Quality where Video Bitrate = CBR 15 Mbps & Audio
Bitrate = 128 kbps), demonstrating an almost 8x faster encode time.
System Specifications: AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 3.2GHz processor; 8GB Corsair
Dominator CM3X2G1866C9D memory; Sapphire ATI Radeon™ HD4870 1024MB; Windows
Vista Ultimate x64 SP1. Performance of the Adobe Premiere Plug-In will vary
based on system configuration, ATI Radeon product, source file and output
settings used.
Copyright 2009, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the
AMD Arrow logo, ATI, the ATI logo, AMD Phenom, Catalyst, FirePro, Radeon, and
combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names
are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective
owners. |
