Case Studies
Boosting Performance for Academy Award* Winning 3D Graphics Products
Designers of leading-edge 3D graphics technology require software development tools that provide the fastest runtime speeds possible for their products. Using the Intel® C++ Compiler for Windows* and the Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer, Alias developers significantly enhanced their Maya* 5 product line's ability to quickly render complex animation and visual effects for their customers.
Speeding up Anti-Virus Scanning Software
Kaspersky Lab develops products that protect against viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious programs. They wanted to speed up their anti-virus software and decrease the system degradation that it can cause. Using the Intel VTune Performance Analyzer enabled them to find bottlenecks and hotspots in their on-demand scanner module.
Tuning Macromedia Flash* Player
Macromedia wanted to maintain its leadership role as a supplier of Internet multimedia players for viewing Macromedia Flash content. They used the Intel VTune Performance Analyzer to make Macromedia Flash Player run faster and to improve its ActionScript* performance.
Boosting Performance in Life-Enhancing Designs
ABAQUS Inc., a maker of medical devices for which safety is of critical importance, had a need to simulate the physical response of structures and solid bodies to load, temperature, contact, impact, and other environmental conditions. Intel® Math Kernel Library and VTune Performance Analyzer offered Abaqus engineers a path to a compelling solution on Intel architecture for these simulation requirements.
Optimized Solutions for High-Performance Computing
NEC Solutions America (NECSAM) in Austin, Texas wanted to ensure that industry-leading High Performance Computing (HPC) applications executed at their best on NEC systems running Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. NECSAM used Intel VTune Performance Analyzer to examine "hotspots" and possible bottlenecks, and achieve 20 percent to 50 percent performance improvements in the applications.
Enabling Full-DVD Media Streaming
Envivio used Intel VTune Performance Analyzer to cut down development time and decrease their time to market for the world's first full DVD (720 x 576 pixel) resolution real-time encoder. It took Envivio half the time expected and put them ahead of the industry.
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