<s>
Framewave	B-Library
(	O
formerly	O
AMD	B-Library
Performance	I-Library
Library	I-Library
(	O
APL	O
)	O
)	O
is	O
computer	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
high-performance	O
optimized	O
programming	B-Library
library	I-Library
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
low	O
level	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
for	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
,	O
signal	O
processing	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
APIs	B-Application
are	O
programmed	O
with	O
task	O
level	O
parallelization	O
(	O
multi-threading	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
instruction-level	B-Operating_System
parallelism	I-Operating_System
single	B-Device
instruction	I-Device
,	I-Device
multiple	I-Device
data	I-Device
(	O
SIMD	B-Device
)	O
for	O
maximum	O
performance	O
on	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
from	O
Advanced	O
Micro	O
Devices	O
(	O
AMD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framewave	B-Library
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
released	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AMD	B-Library
Performance	I-Library
Library	I-Library
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Advanced	O
Micro	O
Devices	O
(	O
AMD	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
popular	O
software	O
routines	O
designed	O
to	O
accelerate	O
application	O
development	O
,	O
debugging	O
,	O
and	O
optimization	O
on	O
x86	B-Operating_System
class	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
APL	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
static	O
library	B-Library
for	O
32	O
-	O
or	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
GNU	B-Application
Compiler	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
(	O
GCC	B-Application
)	O
4.1	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
2005	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
32	O
-	O
or	O
64-bit	O
dynamic	O
library	B-Library
for	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
AMD	O
deprecated	O
the	O
APL	O
library	B-Library
in	O
favor	O
of	O
an	O
open-source	O
derivative	O
named	O
Framewave	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framewave	B-Library
is	O
available	O
as	O
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	O
static	O
libraries	O
for	O
GCC	B-Application
4.3	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
32	O
-	O
and	O
64-bit	O
dynamic	O
libraries	O
for	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relative	O
to	O
Framewave	B-Library
1.0	O
,	O
noticeable	O
performance	O
gains	O
occurred	O
in	O
several	O
APIs	B-Application
,	O
including	O
JPEG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Framewave	B-Library
consists	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
