Microsoft has been granted a patent for GPU acceleration of video encoding, in a move that could have significant ramifications for NVIDIA, ATI and others. The patent, "Accelerated video encoding using a graphics processing unit" filed in October 2004, describes a system whereby the GPU can "perform a motion estimation process in parallel with the video encoding process performed by the CPU" to reduce overall encoding time.
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