"High-Def YouTube and Hulu video clips are coming to a netbook near you. High-def flash video is unwatchable on netbooks. Just try watching a Hulu video full-screen or a 720p video from YouTube on a netbook."
Flash performance has always been a problem - ask anyone who's used an older or slower computer to watch an HD-resolution Flash clip. It looks like a slide show, so this is great news - though I do have to wonder if they'll add this acceleration to other GPUs, especially the older Intel GMA series GPUs...those are the computers that really struggle with HD Flash video playback.
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But I did find a link by Googling. I knew this was happening, but it is good to see a version of the hardware accelerated flash video working live 'cause it makes it less vapor-like. This has long been one of the two main points of superiority for Silverlight (along with a vastly superior programming environment). One more bump in the uphill climb to acceptance for Microsoft's flash-killer.
GPU Acceleration Comes to Flash via Nvidia ION Chipset
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