Ancient way of coding helps boost popular video encoder by 100x — but is it too good to be true?

FFmpeg developers rewrote a single filter in Assembly, achieving a 100x speedup, although its impact is limited and real-world benefits remain questionable.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ancient-way-of-coding-helps-boost-popular-video-encoder-by-100x-but-is-it-too-good-to-be-true

Created 2d | Jul 23, 2025, 10:50:03 PM


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