I know my brand new 4600+ x2 is a great lil CPU and all, but not <i>that</i> great -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

So I recently purchased a camcorder for home movies and expect to start getting into some video encoding, and I figure now is the time I finally get into a quad-core. My planned software is Adobe ...

Using HandBrake we converted a 560MB mkv file to the mp4 format and measured the frame rate each processor was able to achieve. Processors with multiple cores will have a natural advantage in this ...

Last night over dinner here in Taipei, Intel said that video encoding has always been a task designed for the CPU – and nothing will change that in the future. We were talking about CUDA and how ...

Hey!Watch, a new Web-based video encoding service that's both free and pretty speedy if you've got a good connection. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote ...