# Finally, hardware acceleration?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finally-hardware-acceleration/233262
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 22, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finally-hardware-acceleration/233262 "2007-07-22T02:34:56Z")
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### Author: ![Rezmason](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rezmason/32/30447_2.png) [@Rezmason](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rezmason)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finally-hardware-acceleration/233262/1 "2007-07-22T02:34:56Z")

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I’m not necessarily encouraging it, but I’ve got some interest in the latest beta version of the Flash player. ([Here’s the link to download the browser plug-in.) The press release (again, [URL=“http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/releasenotes.html”]link](http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html)) mentions some neat stuff:

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[_]A strengthened connection to JS through the ExternalInterface API  
[_]Vector graphics acceleration for multi-core machines  
[\*]“Hardware scaling” in full-screen mode, “for improved video performance and quality”  
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What, pray tell, does “hardware scaling” mean? It sounds like it could be a feature limited to video in full-screen mode. But do you think it could pave the way for hardware acceleration?