UPDATED: Elemental’s video transcoder rocks the world
unknown wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Back in May 2008, Nvidia’s Editors Day hosted a presentation by young guys from Elemental Technologies Inc (ETI). The demonstrated software was Badaboom, CUDA-powered video transcoder that demolished Intel’s Core 2 Quad processor when used in conjuction with GeForce 8800GTS.
Months have passed, and guys worked hard on developing Badaboom in order to be ready for August release. But, their second project, RapiHD encoder for Premiere CS4 Pro needed some engineering help. So, the guys pushed back the release of Badaboom and Badaboom Pro until after the launch of CS4. It was a tough call, but with the release of Adobe Creative Studio 4 over and done with, ETI got back to putting finishing touches on Badaboom and Badaboom Pro.
I spoke with Sam and he told me that they’ve changed the concept of Badaboom, so their focus will be on consumer version, which is being released couple of hours ago. But […]
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