A Wav to FLAC encoder

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• A Wav to FLAC encoder
• FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec
• Specially designed for efficient packing of
  audio data
• Can achieve compression ratios of 30-50 for
  most
• audio files
• Optimization Methods
• MultiThreading
• SIMD commands
• Observing Micro Architectural Problems
• Using Intel Compiler

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• Achievements
• Working With Vtune Performance Analyzer, Thread
• Checker and Thread Profiler
• Maintaining a 11 bit compatibility with the
  original
• version.
• - Achieving x1.985 speedup on dual core machines