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The objective is to use GPU video and graphics acceleration on mobile internet devices such as netbooks, tablet PCs and mobile phones.
Adobe Flash Player will be accelerated by Nvidia processors, including Nvidia Tegra. This will give users unrestricted web browsing, full H.264 video playback and access to Flash-based content at any time, in any place and on any platform.
“Nvidia and Adobe share exactly the same vision — enabling visual computing on every device,” says Michael Rayfield, General Manager of Nvidia’s Handheld Business. “Users should not have to sacrifice streaming-video performance on small, affordable platforms such as netbooks. A Tegra-based platform offers the same playback capabilities users expect from a desktop PC.”
“Nvidia’s expertise makes the company an ideal partner for Adobe in integrating innovative graphics and video acceleration into the Adobe Flash platform,” says David Wadhwani, General Manager and Vice President of Adobe’s Platform Business Unit. “Flash Player will use the power of the GPU to provide a desktop-class web experience across a wide range of devices.”
Nvidia participates in the Open Screen Project, an initiative involving 25 leading companies that aims to provide consistent runtime environments across different devices. Led by Adobe, the project seeks to bring the benefits of the Adobe Flash platform for displaying web content and individual applications to desktop PCs, netbooks, mobile devices and other consumer-electronics products.
