Lasse Penttinen
4 Feb 2004 8:43
Pegasys-Inc is working on a major update for their low cost MPEG encoder. The new version promises to utilize the features of Pentium 4 processors.Pegasys-Inc announces the support of the New Intel Pentium4 (codename Prescott) Streaming SIMD Extension 3 in its next generation main software TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress due to be released for Summer 2004.
The Intel Streaming SIMD Extension 3 (SSE3) is a set of multimedia extension instructions included in the new HT technology Intel Pentium4 (codename Prescott) produced with 90 nm techniques. Compared to previous versions, software optimized for the SSE3 realize better process performances and efficiency.
The new TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress currently in development (first release planned for Summer 2004) is optimized for the latest Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology and also the previous Pentium4.
Read Pegasys website for more information, including benchmarking comparisons.