Netflix saves bandwidth with VP9
Helping offline viewing mode
Netflix has started its offline viewing mode but is using VP9 to make sure that bandwidth demands do not break the internet.
Zen APU will have a Polaris GPU
Exclusive: Comes in 2017
AMD’s CEO Lisa Su said both publicly and to Fudzilla exclusively that its desktop Zen comes first, followed by server, notebook and embedded products. We have some exclusive news about the first Zen based APU that will come with four Zen cores and Polaris graphics.
Kaby Lake GPU learns hardware HDR
Exclusive: Hardware VP9, HEVC 10b too
Intel's Kaby Lake-S chips, which will launch as Core i7 and Core i5 in overclocked and non-overclocked versions, will have an updated GPU. They will be HDR capable and a hardware encoder and decoder support for VP9, HEVC 10b codecs.
HTML5 is now default plugin on YouTube
So long Flash, VP9 is there
Google has informed the world that as of yesterday, the default player on its YouTube service is HTML5.