Intel Corporation announced that its new Media SDK 2012 supports Blu-ray 3D as well as Open CL on third generation Intel Core microprocessors.

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Unedited press release follows:

New Intel® Media SDK Supports Blu-ray 3D, Open CL on 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ Processors

Intel released Intel® Media SDK 2012 R2, now supporting Blu-ray MVC, stereoscopic (two-view) video.  The new SDK also includes an Open CL sample, allowing developers to make the most of resources available on Intel platforms by supporting the newly released Intel® SDK for OpenCL Applications 2012 on both Intel processors and Intel® HD Graphics. Providing developers with a simple API to create media applications using Intel® Quick Sync Video, the SDK can enable hardware acceleration to significantly speed up media conversion on 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors. Developers can download a free copy of Intel® Media SDK 2012 R2.