14 DAY TRIAL // OpenCL hardware acceleration (GPGPU) is still rather new, compared to other standards, but Advanced Micro Devices is determined to push it into the Microsoft Windows platform.
Adobe Systems has agreed to help AMD, leading to a partnership that will add GPGPU acceleration to the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro.
Computers running AMD APUs will be able to edit DV to HD and 4K Ultra HD video at very high frame rates.
Since Apple's Mac OSX already has OpenCL support on Adobe Premier Pro, this development really was a long time coming.
Naturally, the same will be possible even without GPGPU, but at much slower speeds.
The AMD-Adobe collaboration will benefit everything from APUs and notebook graphics cards to professional workstation cards like the AMD FirePro W-series.