Dev Breakthroughs

Web developers are constrained by the performance capabilities of scripted languages. Simply put, compiled code is faster than interpreted code. Factor in multi-core CPU architectures and advances in GPU computing, and compiled code can easily be over 100X faster on a single machine. Fabric Engine allows developers to bring this compiled, multi-threaded performance to their web applications.

Fabric Engine brings compiled, multi-threaded performance to scripted languages like JavaScript, Ruby and Python. This means developers can take on bigger, computationally intensive problems and still use web languages to solve them. Fabric can run on the server or in the browser, allowing developers to deliver amazing performance wherever it’s required.

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Over the past few years, developers have created some amazing projects using 3D in Flash. 3D engines such as Papervision3D, Away3D, and Alternativa3D and all of the great applications that have been made with these engines demonstrate the strong demand for real-time 3D rendering in Flash.

Previously, Flash 3D rendering was performed without using 3D hardware acceleration. In fact, all 3D rendering in Flash Player before version 11 was accomplished using the software mode that relied on the CPU for rendering. Software mode is slow and cannot be used to render detailed 3D scenes. Up until now, it hasn't been possible to integrate advanced graphic effects that we’re all used to seeing in today’s 3D games.

With the release of Flash Player 11, new opportunities are now available. Developers can leverage 3D hardware acceleration rather than relying on the computer’s CPU to do the rendering. The new mode of rendering enables Flash 3D content to be handled by a secondary processor, part of the video hardware of a computer, called the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). GPU is a piece of hardware that is totally dedicated to rendering objects in 3D.