AACHEN, Germany and
SAN DIEGO, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MainConcept
GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc. (Nasdaq: DIVX) and
one of the world's premier providers of video and audio codecs and
software development kits (SDKs) to the consumer, broadcast and
professional markets, announced today the immediate availability of
its first graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated H.264/AVC
Encoder.
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The new encoder SDK was developed using the NVIDIA CUDA™
parallel computing architecture that enables dramatic increases in
performance by harnessing hundreds of cores inside NVIDIA GPUs. A
key advantage of solutions based on this encoder is they run today
on the installed base of 200+ million CUDA-enabled GPUs.
The new MainConcept CUDA H.264/AVC Encoder offers amazing
performance with excellent quality. CUDA transcoding speeds up the
time-consuming task of converting movies into the H.264/AVC format,
and also reduces CPU utilization so the computer can be used for
other purposes while encoding.
MainConcept is providing software developers with a flexible yet
powerful SDK to add NVIDIA GPU-accelerated transcoding to their own
solutions. The MainConcept CUDA H.264/AVC Encoder SDK allows
transcoding from MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264/AVC elementary streams, and
raw frames into the H.264/AVC Baseline and Main Profile formats. It
also offers many features found in the company's software
H.264/AVC. Using the MainConcept CUDA Encoder, the whole H.264/AVC
transcoding process is done on GPUs, leaving only entropy encoding
for processing on the CPU.
"The market has overwhelmingly been requesting a CUDA-based
encoder, and MainConcept has solidified its position as a
technology innovator by delivering its first GPU-accelerated
codec," said Andrew Cresci, general
manager, vertical market solutions, NVIDIA. "By supporting NVIDIA
CUDA in their new Encoder SDK, MainConcept is providing software
developers around the world with a high quality solution to quickly
and easily add the benefit of GPU-based video encoding to their
software programs."
"Our new CUDA solution will help NVIDIA users experience the
best possible encoding quality and performance," said Muzaffer
Beygirci, managing director, MainConcept. "We've worked closely
with NVIDIA to further broaden the portfolio of industry-leading
encoding solutions that MainConcept offers across multiple
platforms and applications."
The MainConcept CUDA H.264/AVC Encoder is available today and is
compatible with any NVIDIA graphics solution supporting the CUDA
architecture 1.0 for transcoding. For a complete list, please
visit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_gpus.html.
About MainConcept
MainConcept GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of DivX, Inc.
(Nasdaq: DIVX), is one of the world's premier providers of
high-quality audio and video codec solutions for consumer and
professional applications. Many of the world's best consumer
electronics and computer manufactures, handheld device makers, and
creative software providers rely on MainConcept embedded codec
solutions to deliver a superb audio and video experience to their
customers, in virtually all popular consumer formats. MainConcept
also provides comprehensive encoding and decoding solutions to the
broadcast and professional video industry in the form of codecs for
integration into creative software suites as well as complete
after-market plug-in solutions for adding new video format support
into popular Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software packages.
MainConcept – The Codec People.
About DivX
DivX, Inc. is a leading digital media company that enables
consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind
of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video
technologies that span the "three screens" comprising today's
consumer media environment -- the PC, the television and mobile
devices. Over 250 million DivX devices have shipped into the market
worldwide from leading consumer electronics manufacturers. DivX
also offers content providers and publishers a complete solution
for the distribution of secure, high-quality digital video content.
Driven by a globally recognized brand and a passionate community of
hundreds of millions of consumers, DivX is simplifying the video
experience to enable the digital home.
Forward-Looking Statements
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historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
DivX, Inc.'s visibility within the investment community.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause DivX and
MainConcept's actual results to be materially different from
historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to: the risk that customer use of DivX® or MainConcept
technologies may not grow as anticipated; the risk that anticipated
market opportunities may not materialize at expected levels, or at
all; the risk that DivX and MainConcept's activities may not result
in the growth of profitable revenue; risks and uncertainties
related to the maintenance and strength of the DivX and MainConcept
brands; risks associated with DivX and MainConcept's ability to
penetrate existing and new markets; risks regarding the effects of
competition; the risk of DivX and MainConcept's dependence on its
licensees and partners; risks related to the effect of intellectual
property rights claims; and other factors discussed in the "Risk
Factors" section of DivX's most recent report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements
are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. DivX
and MainConcept are providing this information as of the date of
this release and do not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
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