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royia · 15th September 2010, 10:09

As we all know by now, Sandy Bridge will have Media Engine built in with video Encoding capabilities:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/i...ecture-exposed

and:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/i...ture-exposed/6

In light of this thread:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=155234

Do you think the Media Engine is doomed as well?
Or could it be used to accelerate, at least to some level, x.264?

What about the AVX instructions, do they hold any promise?

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royia Drazick Join Date: May 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 139	x264 and Intel's Media Engine / Sandy Bridge As we all know by now, Sandy Bridge will have Media Engine built in with video Encoding capabilities: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/i...ecture-exposed and: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/i...ture-exposed/6 In light of this thread: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=155234 Do you think the Media Engine is doomed as well? Or could it be used to accelerate, at least to some level, x.264? What about the AVX instructions, do they hold any promise?