System information
9Chapter 1 Introducing Mac OS X Server
OpenCL
OpenCL (Open Computing Language), allows developers to eciently tap the vast
gigaops of computing power in the graphics processing unit (GPU). With GPUs
approaching processing speeds of a trillion operations a second, they’re capable of
considerably more than just drawing pictures. Unlike other server operating systems,
Mac OS X Server is specically designed to use the GPU for graphics rendering, podcast
eects and transitions, and drawing the user interface for Mac OS X Server itself.
OpenCL lets developers apply GPU power in high-performance computing applications
like genomics, video encoding, signal processing, and simulations of physical and
nancial models.
Podcast Producer 2
Podcast Producer 2 simplies the process of recording content, encoding, and
publishing high-quality podcasts for playback in iTunes and on iPod, iPhone, and
Apple TV. Users control recording of lectures, training, presentations, or any other
audio and video projects. Podcast Producer then automatically encodes and publishes
the recording based on your workow. With Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard
Server, Podcast Producer 2 gains an easy-to-use graphical workow editor, dual video
recording, Podcast Library, a web-based application to control recording, and optional
failover conguration for high availability.