I have searched the site quite rigorously but have been unable to determine for sure if the asynchronous library described here (http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/3727/ipp_async_get_started.htm) is available as part of the library downloaded from here (https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-ipp).
Note: I have actually installed Student version of Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster Edition for windows (https://software.intel.com/en-us/qualify-for-free-software/student), which as far as I can tell includes the ipp library linked above.
I intend to use the library as part of OpenCV-3.0, which I have successfully built without ipp_a for the time being using cmake (http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/tutorials/introduction/windows_install/windows_install.html).
My end goal for now is to be able to run this tutorial successfully (http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/tutorials/core/how_to_use_ippa_conversion/how_to_use_ippa_conversion.html#howtouseippaconversion)
Any feedback appreciated! Thanks