Lulz...
Work is planned to integrate x264 with the Sandy Bridge's encoding
ASIC for improved encoding performance. Current status is: waiting on
Intel (these guys move at the speed of an obese one-legged paraplegic
three-toed sloth swimming down a stagnant river of -- ah, fuck it,
Intel has never cared about open source anyways. Last week we caught
them trying to promote their terrible proprietary encoders as a
replacement for open source software -- nice try, backstabbing fucks.
Jason Garrett-Glaser
From
here.