Microsoft Releases Silverlight 3 with GPU Acceleration
Microsoft Releases Silverlight 3 with GPU Acceleration
Posted 07/10/2009 at 4:25pm
| by Paul Lilly
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After four months in beta, Microsoft today released its Silverlight 3 web application framework. A direct rival of Adobe Flash, the newest version of Silverlight supports Internet Explorer 6/7/8 and Firefox 2/3 in Windows, and Safari 3/4 on the Mac platform (Opera and Chrome users are left out in the cold).
Silverlight 3 sports a bevy of new features and APIs, not the least of which is support for GPU hardware acceleration. It also includes new codec support (H.264, AAC, MPEG-4), improved logging for media analytics, deep linking, improved text quality, multi-touch support, and a bunch more.
According to Microsoft, "Silverlight 3 also ushers in a new generation of high-quality and high-definition video experiences with true high-definition video in full-screen mode, with stutter-free live and on-demand video." In addition, Silverlight's Smooth Streaming technology allows users to start playing HD content at any point in time, instantly.
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VoodooChicken
July 13, 2009 at 7:03am
Poor butterfly, this was more disturbing than Shrek 1!
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Look behind you! A THREE-headed monkey!!!!!!!!
xterminator
July 11, 2009 at 1:35pm
Now that's something nice from MS!! The video quality is ass-whooping.
bingojubes
July 11, 2009 at 10:22am
i enjoyed the short film. it was good for a few laughs.
when im the only computer on in my network, i get about 22-24 fps through my wireless connection. however, when the rest of my family connects, i get 10 fps, and very low bandwidth. at least there is still youtube, for now.
More600
July 11, 2009 at 1:02am
Now can you update the best of the Best section??????????///
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Comic Book Guy
July 10, 2009 at 6:43pm
You've got to love MS, they will make an x64 OS, an x64 browser, soon to be an x64 office suite, but yet no x64 version of Silverlight; talk about a bad choice on their part!
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maniacm0nk3y
July 10, 2009 at 4:30pm
That screenshot is from Big Buck Bunny. Made completely in Blender, open source 3d application. It's pretty decent.
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