Digital Home Thoughts: GPU Acceleration Comes to Flash via Nvidia ION Chipset

"High-Def YouTube and Hulu video clips are coming to a netbook near you. High-def flash video is unwatchable on netbooks. Just try watching a Hulu video full-screen or a 720p video from YouTube on a netbook."

Flash performance has always been a problem - ask anyone who's used an older or slower computer to watch an HD-resolution Flash clip. It looks like a slide show, so this is great news - though I do have to wonder if they'll add this acceleration to other GPUs, especially the older Intel GMA series GPUs...those are the computers that really struggle with HD Flash video playback.