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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 8a4a76d948..98b16ad284 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -373,6 +373,25 @@ object-oriented programming, operator overloading and strong typing.</p> </div> <!--=========================================================================--> +<h3>Renderscript</h3> + +<div> + +<p><a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/renderscript/index.html">Renderscript</a> + is Android's advanced 3D graphics rendering and compute API. It provides a + portable C99-based language with extensions to facilitate common use cases + for enhancing graphics and thread level parallelism. The Renderscript + compiler frontend is based on Clang/LLVM. It emits a portable bitcode format + for the actual compiled script code, as well as reflects a Java interface for + developers to control the execution of the compiled bitcode. Executable + machine code is then generated from this bitcode by an LLVM backend on the + device. Renderscript is thus able to provide a mechanism by which Android + developers can improve performance of their applications while retaining + portability.</p> + +</div> + +<!--=========================================================================--> <h3>SAFECode</h3> <div> |