I've been doing a little bit of reading about Stage3D, which will be a new API used with Flash Player 11.
Will this API improve the performance of 2D rendering (Vector) in any way, or will the library be used primarily for rendering 3D?
Any information around how Stage3D will influence 2D Vector rendering performance would be awesome.
You can use Stage3D to render optimized 2D graphics but you'll have to do an ad hoc development. Classic 2D animations won't be improved and anyway can't be displayed on a Stage3D.
Adobe has already developed a framework for optimized 2D using Stage3D: Starling.