AMD Collaborates with Aviary to Bring APU-Optimized Photo Editing Application to Windows 8

[AMD - 18.03.2013] AMD Collaborates with Aviary to Bring APU-Optimized Photo Editing Application to Windows 8

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a collaboration with Aviary to bring an optimized version of its popular photo editing tool to Windows 8 PCs and tablets powered by AMD accelerated processing units (APUs). Backed by an investment through AMD Ventures, Aviary has optimized its new software development kit (SDK) for Windows 8 to take advantage of unique AMD APU architectural advantages. Aviary also has released its first Windows 8 app through the Windows Store to showcase the features and functionality of the Aviary SDK for Windows 8.
The new Aviary SDK offers software developers a library of photo editing effects and filters for the easy incorporation of the photo editor into applications. The SDK brings the simple yet powerful photo editing capabilities of Aviary to millions of new consumers, adding to the more than 35 million monthly1Aviary users across over 3500 partners. By implementing filters and effects in Windows 8 through the new heterogeneous compute language C++ AMP, computations are performed on the highly-parallel graphics processing unit (GPU) cores inside the AMD APU instead of the more serial central processing unit (CPU) cores, resulting in an average 11X performance improvement2.
"Aviary is becoming the standard in mobile and online photo editing with over 3 billion photos edited thus far, said Manju Hegde, corporate vice president, Heterogeneous Applications and Developer Solutions, AMD. "By bringing Aviary to Windows 8, it enables the next billion photos across an even broader range of devices. AMD is committed to supporting the future of industry-changing innovators like Aviary through investment by AMD Ventures and by enhancing user experiences on our award-winning APU platforms.
Aviarys new Photo Editor for Windows 8, now available in the Windows Store, demonstrates the peak of Aviarys capabilities. Optimized for AMD APUs, the app can now process the complete range of filters and effects instantaneously3- on average 16X faster than comparable processors4.
"At Aviary, we've built the best SDK for photo editing, sharing and monetization. Having the direct support of AMD has allowed us to push even further ahead and expand to Windows 8," said Tobias Peggs, CEO, Aviary. "AMD's APUs allow us to enable the most processor-intensive photo effects we have ever been able to offer. They've helped to push our technology forward and, in turn, end users can push the limits of their creativity even further."
About AMD
AMD (NYSE: AMD) is a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices. AMD's server computing products are focused on driving industry-leading Cloud computing and virtualization environments. AMD's superior graphics technologies are found in a variety of solutions ranging from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com.
About AMD Ventures
AMDs product strategy synergistically combines central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU) and accelerated processing unit (APU) technology to improve user experiences through a vibrant worldwide AMD developer ecosystem. This ecosystem includes new software, hardware, business models, consumer electronic devices, intellectual property, processes, support models and other new developments. Through AMD Ventures, AMD works with the companies in which it invests to enable differentiated solutions optimized on AMD hardware platforms.
About Aviary
Aviary powers the world's creativity by offering the best photo editing tools that developers can incorporate into their apps and websites. Twitter, Flickr, Photobucket, Walgreen's and thousands of other apps and services have integrated Aviary's photo editor so their users can enhance their images with photo filters, effects and other powerful editing features. With software development kits (SDKs) available for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and HTML5, Aviary's robust and customizable photo editor can be installed with just a few lines of code.
Every month, over 35 million people use Aviary to edit their photos. In total, people have used Aviary's tools to edit over 3 billion photos (all numbers are exclusive of any Twitter data.)
Aviary is headquartered in New York City and is a startup backed by Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito and others. For more information, visit www.aviary.com.

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