Last updated on 2013-07-10, by David Brooks

AMD APP acceleration

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD ) or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. Its main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and embedded systems applications.

AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture (behind Intel) and also one of the largest suppliers of graphics processing units. It also owns 8.6% of Spansion, a supplier of non-volatile flash memory.

AMD is the only significant rival to Intel in the central processor (CPU) market for (x86 based) personal computers. Since acquiring ATI in 2006, AMD and its competitor NVIDIA have dominated the discrete graphics processor unit (GPU) market.

AMD APP technology is a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processing cores (GPU), working in concert with the system’s x86 cores (CPU), to execute heterogeneously to accelerate many applications beyond just graphics. This enables better balanced platforms capable of running demanding computing tasks faster than ever, and sets software developers on the path to optimize for AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).

Groundbreaking AMD App Acceleration helps you:

• Enjoy beautifully rich and clear video playback when streaming from the web
• Take in your favorite movies in stunning, stutter-free HD quality
• Run multiple applications smoothly at maximum speed
• Enjoy lightning fast game play and realistic physics effects

How to open AMD APP acceleration on Leawo’s products

On Leawo’s media converter programs, click “Tools-Options-Conversion” to enter the GPU settings panel. Click “Enable AMD APP Acceleration” to activate AMD APP accelerating.

Presently, Leawo software programs including video converter, Blu-ray Ripper, DVD Ripper, YouTube Downloader, Video Accelerator, etc. supports AMD APP accelerating. Converting software solutions that don’t support AMD APP accelerating are DVD Copy, DVD Creator, Blu-ray Copy, Blu-ray Creator and Blu-ray to MKV Converter.

Supported Formats

Input Video Formats: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, MOV, M4V, VOB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, SWF, H.261, H.264, DV, DIF, MJPG, MJPEG, DVR-MS, NUT, QT, YUV, DAT, MPV, NSV AVCHD Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), WMV HD Video (*.xwmv), Audio-Video Interleaved HD Video (*.avi)

Output Video Formats: all video formats with H.264 codec

Supported Graphics Cards

ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 4650/4670/4770

ATI Radeon™ HD 4830/4850/4870/4890

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4830/4850/4860/4870

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4300/4500/4600

ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 5450/5550/5570

ATI Radeon™ HD 5670/5750/5770

ATI Radeon™ HD 5830/5850/5870/5970

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5145/5165

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5430/5450/5470/5650

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5730/5750/5770

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5830/5850/5870

ATI Radeon™ HD 6000 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD 6750/6770/6790/6850/6870/6950/6970/6990

ATI FirePro™ Series

ATI FirePro V9800/V8800/V8750/V8700/V7800/V7750/V5800/V5700/V4800/V3800/V3750

ATI FireStream™ Series

FireStream 9270/9250

ATI Mobility FirePro™ Series

ATI FirePro M7820/M7740/M5800

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 500v Series

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 530v/540v/550v/560v