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# Hardware Acceleration

> GPU-accelerated rendering and streaming

<Tip>
  **Research Preview** — Hardware acceleration is currently in research preview. Capacity may be limited and requires a Start-Up or Enterprise plan.
</Tip>

Hardware acceleration enables GPU-accelerated rendering in Kernel browsers, providing enhanced performance for graphics-intensive workloads.

## Enable hardware acceleration

Set the `gpu` parameter to `true` when creating a browser:

<CodeGroup>
  ```typescript Typescript/Javascript theme={null}
  import Kernel from '@onkernel/sdk';

  const kernel = new Kernel();

  const kernelBrowser = await kernel.browsers.create({
    gpu: true
  });
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  from kernel import Kernel

  kernel = Kernel()

  kernel_browser = kernel.browsers.create(
      gpu=True
  )
  ```
</CodeGroup>

You can also enable hardware acceleration in the dashboard when deploying a browser under **Advanced Configuration**.

## Use cases

Hardware acceleration is useful for:

* High performance live view streaming
* Rendering complex 3D graphics or WebGL content
* Video processing and playback
* Canvas-heavy applications

## Availability

Hardware acceleration is available on Start-Up and Enterprise plans. Due to limited capacity during the research preview, GPU-enabled browsers may not always be available.