Framewave (formerly AMD Performance Library (APL)) is computer

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, a high-performance optimized programming

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, consisting of low level application programming interfaces (APIs) for image processing,

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, JPEG, and video functions. These APIs are programmed with task level parallelization ( multi-threading) and

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single instruction, multiple data (

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) for maximum performance on

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s from

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(AMD). Framewave is free and open-source software released under the Apache License version 2.0, which is compatible with the

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3.0.

Overview

The AMD Performance Library was developed by

(AMD) as a collection of popular software routines designed to accelerate application development, debugging, and optimization on

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class processors. It includes simple arithmetic routines, and more complex functions for applications such as image and signal processing. APL is available as a static library for 32- or 64-bit versions of

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(GCC) 4.1 and Microsoft

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2005, and as a 32- or 64-bit dynamic library for the operating systems

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, Solaris, and

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. In 2008, AMD deprecated the APL library in favor of an open-source derivative named ''Framewave''. Framewave is available as 32- and 64-bit static libraries for GCC 4.3 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and as 32- and 64-bit dynamic libraries for the operating systems Linux,

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, Solaris, and Windows. Relative to Framewave 1.0, noticeable performance gains occurred in several APIs, including JPEG.

Features

Framewave consists of the following main components: * Simple interface to take advantage of latest hardware innovations ** MMX ** Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE), SSE2 **

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s * Faster development of multimedia projects ** Media players **

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s – including

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and MPEG-2 decoders ** Image editors ** Audio applications * Easy path to multi-threading

APL 1.1

Released on 2007-09-19, APL 1.1 added these feature enhancements: * Video Decoding (

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) support * JPEG support * AMD "

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processor optimizations * Support for

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compilers for Solaris

References

External links

* {{Official website, framewave.sourceforge.net
Framewave main page

Using the New AMD Performance Library

AMD Performance Library: Blazing your Way to Glory

Framewave (SourceForge) main page

Framewave * Programming Reference in .pdf format
AMD software Graphics libraries

Overview

Features

APL 1.1

See also

References

External links