Using the standard PCI Express form factor, Artesyn's SharpStreamer is deployed more easily in standard server architectures than dedicated appliances, and is easily scalable. Artesyn also says that the SharpStreamer is cheaper than software-only solutions.
Linsey Miller, Director of marketing for server acceleration, Artesyn Embedded Technologies, said: "Our customers' desire for achieving video transcoding as a virtual network function (VNF) on standard servers was the impetus behind this product. Broadcast OEMs and service providers can now use off-the-shelf hardware to solve problems that previously could only be solved by costly in-house design or an impossibly large footprint of servers. They can also focus resources on innovating their value-added software, and not hardware, gaining a critical competitive advantage. "
At IBC 2014 this September, Artesyn, Intel and Vantrix demonstrated the SharpStreamer providing dense video processing for 4K UltraHD video as well as multiscreen adaptive bitrate (ABR) delivery in a Dell R620 1U server. The system was capable of delivering 36 1080p streams with a single PCI Express card running the Vantrix OTT video on demand and Live flexible, software-defined, virtualised media platform. Artesyn says the SharpStreamer card is capable of up to 48 streams of 1080p H.264 transcodes, or four streams of 1080p H.265/HEVC transcodes.
"Artesyn's SharpStreamer card is an important milestone for service providers seeking to better monetise OTT video, through higher density software-defined video processing," said Jean Mayrand, President of Vantrix, "
"As a partner to OEM and service providers, Artesyn is delivering innovative media solutions for networking platforms," said Steve Price, GM of Intel's Communications Infrastructure Division. "The combination of Artesyn's SharpStreamer card, the Intel Core i7-4650U Processor with integrated Intel HD graphics 5000, and the Intel Media SDK capability deliver excellent density with the flexibility of familiar x86 ease of use for application developers."
Read the white paper co-authored by Artesyn, Dell and Intel, Virtual Video Transcoding in the Cloud, here.
At IBC 2014 this September, Artesyn, Intel and Vantrix demonstrated the SharpStreamer providing dense video processing for 4K UltraHD video as well as multiscreen adaptive bitrate (ABR) delivery in a Dell R620 1U server. The system was capable of delivering 36 1080p streams with a single PCI Express card running the Vantrix OTT video on demand and Live flexible, software-defined, virtualised media platform. Artesyn says the SharpStreamer card is capable of up to 48 streams of 1080p H.264 transcodes, or four streams of 1080p H.265/HEVC transcodes.
"Artesyn's SharpStreamer card is an important milestone for service providers seeking to better monetise OTT video, through higher density software-defined video processing," said Jean Mayrand, President of Vantrix, "
"As a partner to OEM and service providers, Artesyn is delivering innovative media solutions for networking platforms," said Steve Price, GM of Intel's Communications Infrastructure Division. "The combination of Artesyn's SharpStreamer card, the Intel Core i7-4650U Processor with integrated Intel HD graphics 5000, and the Intel Media SDK capability deliver excellent density with the flexibility of familiar x86 ease of use for application developers."
Read the white paper co-authored by Artesyn, Dell and Intel, Virtual Video Transcoding in the Cloud, here.
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