Hardware assist board for software encoding?

[hkmak]

I noticed that most people will agree that hardware encoder is faster (real time) and software encoder like TMpgenc or CCE will produce better video quality but slower.

I just wonder why don't anyone create a hardware accelerator board or co-processor to assist TMpgenc to encode faster but remain the same highest quality?

[Dave B]

Bespoke hardware boards require specialist software to be built around them. Neither TMPGEnc or CCE contain any instructions to utilise such a board - even if it existed.

A CPU upgrade or dual processors would certainly help the cause though.