Technology for Quick and Easy App Development

Using the common programming language of HTML, ETRI has developed Qplus-Web,
which facilitates the running of applications for different types of smart devices.
The embedded web acceleration technology, implemented for the first time at ten times the current speed,
allows applications to work across platforms on various devices such as the iPhone and Android phones.

This technology involved a ▲web-based application framework ▲HTML5 next-generation web and web acceleration service library
▲ OS optimized for multi-cores and ▲ development tools for parallel program support.

The newly developed technology will be useful for 3D games, video processing, augmented reality
and visualization of big data. It has resulted in 26 local and international patents, 4 SCI papers, and 6 technology transfers.

Revolutionary Enhancement of App Execution Performance

ETRI’s Qplus-Web can be run on smartphones, smart TVs, and smart tablets.
Programs developed using Qplus-Web will have an accelerated speed for 2D/3D graphics
and image processing that is 10 and 20 times faster than that of existing web applications, respectively.
About 8 million programmers are familiar with the app programming language of HTML5, the next-generation web standard.
A greater variety of web content can be expected for products launched using the web acceleration technology.
Chaedeok Lim, the head of ETRI’s Embedded Software Research Division said "Developed solely from local technology,
Qplus-Web will play an important role in ushering in the cross-platform era,
allowing the same apps to run on smartphones as well as wearable devices."

Commercialization through Stabilized Technology

Last August, ETRI introduced the new technology at SIGGRAPH 2014, held in Vancouver, Canada.
SIGGRAPH is the world’s largest conference for digital content.

The technology was also featured on the homepage of Khronos Group
for being the world’s first to pass the WebCL Conformance Test.

ETRI is actively cooperating with related companies to develop the technology for diverse fields.
Commercial products equipped with the technology are expected to be released in 2016.