This morning our good friends at Corel posted a blog revealing their new application AfterShot Pro, highlighting our growing collaboration and the work we’ve so proudly accomplished together in 2011. That got us thinking, so here we are taking a few moments to reflect on a changing industry and how AMD and Corel are getting ahead.

This year at CES Corel will be showcasing a few products that are going through some key changes that we think hint at the potential future of digital content and productivity. We’re talking about the new AfterShot Pro and the upcoming WinZip 16.5, both of which have been optimized to leverage the power of AMD multi-core CPUs and APUs, including the latest AMD FX processors, giving users all the benefits of multicore processing. With up to 8 cores, AMD FX-enabled PCs deliver the power and efficiency you need for  easily creating and sharing your content with the world.

In addition, Corel is also planning to harness the power of GPU Compute in later releases. WinZIP 16.5 will add OpenCL™-acceleration and yields some fantastic early results. For AMD this means an exciting future where we see CPUs and GPUs working together on a single piece of silicon and being used for more than x86 functions and gaming. Whether you’re working with HD video, large RAW workflows from a recent photo shoot or simply big data – AMD and Corel are optimizing your experience and saving you time.

We all know how valuable our time is, which is why we’re so excited about Corel’s announcement and what we see ahead in the near future. Officially launched today, Corel AfterShot Pro takes advantage of the full multi-core processing power for the performance you want at a price point that you can afford. See for yourself, we just finished running benchmarks in the AMD labs for AfterShot Pro and thought you might be interested in the results: *

If you want to learn more, drop us a note in the comments below and we’ll be sure to field your question as quickly as we can.

Clarice Simmons is Senior Marketing Manager at AMD. Her postings are her own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites, and references to third party trademarks, are provided for convenience and illustrative purposes only. Unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such links, and no third party endorsement of AMD or any of its products is implied.

*The test system consisted of an AMD FX-8150  processor with 3.6 GHz, AMD Radeon™ HD 6970 graphics card, 8GB  RAM and  Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit. Test conducted at AMD measuring the time to process RAW file format images (from 8.2 Megapixel Canon 1D II, 12.3 Megapixel Nikon D300, and 24.6 Megapixel Sony A900 cameras) into JPEG format for 1, 2, 4, and 8 processor cores enabled on a  desktop PC.