{"id":50783,"date":"2019-09-13T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=50783"},"modified":"2019-09-13T18:37:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:37:04","slug":"beamr-delivers-worlds-first-8k-live-hevc-software-video-encoder-powered-by-an-amd-epyc-processor-in-time-for-tokyo-2020-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/50783-beamr-delivers-worlds-first-8k-live-hevc-software-video-encoder-powered-by-an-amd-epyc-processor-in-time-for-tokyo-2020-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Beamr Delivers World\u2019s First 8K<\/span> Live HEVC<\/span> Software Video Encoder powered by an AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 Processor In Time for Tokyo 2020 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beamr has unleas\u00adhed a world record video enco\u00adding bench\u00admark by show\u00ading 8K<\/span><\/span> broad\u00adcast-qua\u00adli\u00adty live enco\u00adding in soft\u00adware run\u00adning on a sin\u00adgle socket AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 7742 processor.<\/i><\/p>\n

TEL<\/span> AVIV<\/span>, Isra\u00adel<\/span>, Sept. 13, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ \u2014 Beamr Ima\u00adging Ltd.<\/u> announ\u00adced today with <\/a>AMD<\/span><\/u>  that they have achie\u00adved a first for the strea\u00adming video indus\u00adtry by demons\u00adt\u00adra\u00adting Beamr 5<\/i>, ope\u00adra\u00adting on a sin\u00adgle socket AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 7742 pro\u00adces\u00adsor, to encode an unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted 79 frames per second in real-time at 8K<\/span><\/span> reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon and with 10-bit color requi\u00adred for HDR<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Accor\u00adding to the Con\u00adsu\u00admer Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon (CTA<\/span>), by the end of 2022, more than 3.4 mil\u00adli\u00adon 8K<\/span><\/span> TVs will have been sold in the US<\/span> alo\u00adne. <\/a>Mordor Intel\u00adli\u00adgence<\/a><\/u> reports that the Asia-Paci\u00adfic<\/span> regi\u00adon, spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly Chi\u00adna<\/span> and Japan<\/span>, will see the fas\u00adtest growth in 8K<\/span><\/span>. This is dri\u00adven by China\u2019s<\/span> manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring domi\u00adnan\u00adce in the sec\u00adtor, and Japan\u2019s<\/span> ear\u00adly adop\u00adti\u00adon of 8K<\/span><\/span> broad\u00adcas\u00adting, with the semi\u00adnal event the dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon of the Tokyo<\/span> 2020 Olym\u00adpics by NHK<\/span>. For the video dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon indus\u00adtry, the adop\u00adti\u00adon of soft\u00adware-based enco\u00adding solu\u00adti\u00adons that pro\u00advi\u00adde an easy update path to hig\u00adher reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adons will be essen\u00adti\u00adal to com\u00adpe\u00adte today and in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> 7002 Series Pro\u00adces\u00adsors arri\u00adved in per\u00adfect time for broad\u00adcast and OTT<\/span> video strea\u00adming cus\u00adto\u00admers pre\u00adpa\u00adring for Tokyo<\/span> 2020. Video ser\u00advices ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre are begin\u00adning to com\u00adpe\u00adte with hig\u00adher qua\u00adli\u00adty and expan\u00added reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d sta\u00adted Eli Lubitch<\/span>, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Beamr. \u201cWe are thril\u00adled to bring to the indus\u00adtry the hig\u00adhest den\u00adsi\u00adty and best qua\u00adli\u00adty for soft\u00adware enco\u00adding, by lever\u00adaging AMD<\/span>\u2019s new pro\u00adces\u00adsor architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video Enco\u00adding Per\u00adfor\u00admance Optimized<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>2nd Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span><\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors deli\u00adver excep\u00adtio\u00adnal levels of per\u00adfor\u00admance and TCO<\/span> for media &<\/span> enter\u00adtain\u00adment cus\u00adto\u00admers,\u201d said Rag\u00adhu Nam\u00adbi\u00adar<\/span>, Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, and Chief Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Offi\u00adcer at AMD<\/span>. \u201cWe are exci\u00adted to join Beamr with brin\u00adging high-per\u00adfor\u00admance soft\u00adware-based video enco\u00adding powered by AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> 7002 Series Pro\u00adces\u00adsors to mar\u00adket. It is impres\u00adsi\u00adve to see Beamr 5<\/i> con\u00adsis\u00adt\u00adent\u00adly loa\u00adding all cores in both sin\u00adgle socket and dual-socket con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. 8K<\/span><\/span> live enco\u00adding is the per\u00adfect demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2019s supe\u00adri\u00ador performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fan\u00adta\u00adstic per\u00adfor\u00admance of Beamr 5<\/i> is as a result of the high\u00adly opti\u00admi\u00adzed par\u00adal\u00adle\u00adlism which can be found insi\u00adde the core archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre of its codec engi\u00adne. This is a uni\u00adque fea\u00adture of all Beamr soft\u00adware enco\u00adders and is cover\u00aded by a por\u00adti\u00adon of our 45 Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal patents that enable the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty to encode live 8K<\/span><\/span> 10-bit HEVC<\/span> video at 60 FPS<\/span> relia\u00adbly with broad\u00adcast quality.<\/p>\n

With the rise of AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 7002 Series Pro\u00adces\u00adsors in public cloud and pri\u00adva\u00adte data cen\u00adters, video ser\u00advices will be hap\u00adpy to know that the per\u00adfor\u00admance available with Beamr on AMD<\/span> for 8K<\/span><\/span>, appli\u00ades to 4K<\/span><\/span> and HD<\/span> reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adons as well. This enables maxi\u00admum fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for any com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of video ser\u00advice capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties that may be desired.<\/p>\n

Expan\u00adding the Beamr Soft\u00adware Enco\u00adding Eco\u00adsys\u00adtem with AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 Processors<\/b><\/p>\n

Users of Beamr 5<\/i> include some of the big\u00adgest OTT<\/span> video strea\u00adming ser\u00advices in the world. Broad\u00adcas\u00adters, Pay TV<\/span> dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtors, and OTT<\/span> strea\u00adming ser\u00advices are racing to show con\u00adsu\u00admers that they have the most com\u00adpel\u00adling con\u00adtent, with equal\u00adly matched video quality.<\/p>\n

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Down\u00adload the Solu\u00adti\u00adon Brief to learn more about the Beamr \u2014 AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 8K<\/span><\/span> live soft\u00adware enco\u00adding solu\u00adti\u00adon: <\/a>beamr.com\/8K<\/span><\/span>-Info<\/a><\/p>\n

For a clo\u00adser view of the video qua\u00adli\u00adty that this ground\u00adbrea\u00adking 8K<\/span><\/span> live enco\u00adding solu\u00adti\u00adon can pro\u00addu\u00adce, you can meet with the Beamr team at the IBC<\/span> show in Ams\u00adter\u00addam<\/span>, Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 13th<\/span> to the 17th, 2019. The Beamr booth will be found in Hall 5.C50<\/span>.<\/p>\n

About Beamr<\/b><\/p>\n

Beamr ser\u00adves the world\u2019s top Pay TV<\/span> and OTT<\/span> video ser\u00advice pro\u00advi\u00adders as the lea\u00adding desi\u00adgner and deve\u00adlo\u00adper of high-per\u00adfor\u00admance broad\u00adcast-gra\u00adde enco\u00adding and opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons. Beamr video enco\u00adding pro\u00adducts enable the hig\u00adhest video qua\u00adli\u00adty and bit\u00adra\u00adte effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for MSOs, OTT<\/span> con\u00adtent dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtors, broad\u00adcas\u00adters, and video strea\u00adming plat\u00adforms. Backed by 45 Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal patents, Beamr\u2019s codec and con\u00adtent-adap\u00adti\u00adve enco\u00adding tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy extend into a line of HEVC<\/span> and H.264 enco\u00adders that fea\u00adture CABR<\/span>, a rate-con\u00adtrol mode that enables gua\u00adran\u00adteed qua\u00adli\u00adty with bit\u00adra\u00adtes up to 50% smal\u00adler than VBR<\/span> as a result of the enco\u00adder adap\u00adting per\u00adfect\u00adly to the spe\u00adci\u00adfic needs of the con\u00adtent being encoded. Foun\u00added in 2009, Beamr inves\u00adtors include Veri\u00adzon Ven\u00adtures, Inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon Endea\u00advors, and Disruptive.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>, EPYC<\/span>, and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof, are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beamr has unleas\u00adhed a world record video enco\u00adding bench\u00admark by show\u00ading 8K<\/span> broa\u00add\u00ad\u00adcast-qua\u00ad\u00adli\u00ad\u00adty live enco\u00adding in soft\u00adware run\u00adning on a sin\u00adgle socket AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 7742 pro\u00adces\u00adsor. TEL<\/span> AVIV<\/span>, Isra\u00adel, Sept. 13, 2019 \/PRNewswire\/ \u2014 Beamr Ima\u00adging Ltd. announ\u00adced today with AMD<\/span>  that they have achie\u00adved a first for the strea\u00adming video indus\u00adtry by demons\u00adt\u00adra\u00adting Beamr 5, ope\u00adra\u00adting on a sin\u00adgle socket AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2056,966,2055,1307],"class_list":["post-50783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-8k","tag-amd","tag-beamr","tag-epyc","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50784,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50783\/revisions\/50784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}