adobe-flash-playerLest you think that NVidia is the only GPU provider implementing acceleration for Flash video, AMD has just announced that they are also implementing hardware acceleration to be available on the same timeline at the NVidia offering.

AMD’s informed us that it plans to support Adobe Flash Player 10.1 at the same level and in step with the beta release later this year.

“AMD is committed to making the video usage scenario — playback, editing and transcoding — a focal point for AMD platform innovation, smartly using the full CPU + GPU assets of our platform to enrich and accelerate the experience,” an AMD representative told us.

via AMD/ATI Accelerating GPU Flash Player 10.1 Too – Tom’s Hardware.