Beamr has unleashed a world record video encoding benchmark
by showing 8K broadcast-quality live
encoding in software running on a single socket AMD EPYC™ 7742
processor.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Beamr Imaging
Ltd. announced today with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) that
they have achieved a first for the streaming video industry by
demonstrating Beamr 5, operating on a single socket AMD
EPYC™ 7742 processor, to encode an unprecedented 79 frames per
second in real-time at 8K resolution
and with 10-bit color required for HDR.
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According to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), by the
end of 2022, more than 3.4 million 8K
TVs will have been sold in the US alone. Mordor
Intelligence reports that the Asia-Pacific region, specifically China and Japan, will see the fastest growth in
8K. This is driven by China's manufacturing dominance in the sector,
and Japan's early adoption of
8K broadcasting, with the seminal
event the distribution of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by NHK. For the video
distribution industry, the adoption of software-based encoding
solutions that provide an easy update path to higher resolutions
will be essential to compete today and in the future.
"The AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processors arrived in perfect time for
broadcast and OTT video streaming customers preparing for
Tokyo 2020. Video services
everywhere are beginning to compete with higher quality and
expanded resolutions," stated Eli
Lubitch, President of Beamr. "We are thrilled to bring to
the industry the highest density and best quality for software
encoding, by leveraging AMD's new processor architecture."
Video Encoding Performance Optimized
"2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors
deliver exceptional levels of performance and TCO for media &
entertainment customers," said Raghu
Nambiar, Corporate Vice President, and Chief Technology
Officer at AMD. "We are excited to join Beamr with bringing
high-performance software-based video encoding powered by AMD EPYC
7002 Series Processors to market. It is impressive to see Beamr
5 consistently loading all cores in both single socket and
dual-socket configurations. 8K live
encoding is the perfect demonstration of AMD EPYC's superior
performance."
The fantastic performance of Beamr 5 is as a result of
the highly optimized parallelism which can be found inside the core
architecture of its codec engine. This is a unique feature of all
Beamr software encoders and is covered by a portion of our 45
International patents that enable the capability to encode live
8K 10-bit HEVC video at 60 FPS
reliably with broadcast quality.
With the rise of AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series Processors in public
cloud and private data centers, video services will be happy to
know that the performance available with Beamr on AMD for
8K, applies to 4K and HD resolutions as well. This enables
maximum flexibility for any combination of video service
capabilities that may be desired.
Expanding the Beamr Software Encoding Ecosystem with AMD
EPYC™ Processors
Users of Beamr 5 include some of the biggest OTT video
streaming services in the world. Broadcasters, Pay TV distributors,
and OTT streaming services are racing to show consumers that they
have the most compelling content, with equally matched video
quality.
Download the Solution Brief to learn more about the Beamr - AMD
EPYC™ 8K live software encoding
solution: beamr.com/8K-Info
For a closer view of the video quality that this groundbreaking
8K live encoding solution can
produce, you can meet with the Beamr team at the IBC show in
Amsterdam, September 13th to the 17th, 2019. The Beamr booth
will be found in Hall 5.C50.
About Beamr
Beamr serves the world's top Pay TV and OTT video service
providers as the leading designer and developer of high-performance
broadcast-grade encoding and optimization software solutions. Beamr
video encoding products enable the highest video quality and
bitrate efficiency for MSOs, OTT content distributors,
broadcasters, and video streaming platforms. Backed by 45
International patents, Beamr's codec and content-adaptive encoding
technology extend into a line of HEVC and H.264 encoders that
feature CABR, a rate-control mode that enables guaranteed quality
with bitrates up to 50% smaller than VBR as a result of the encoder
adapting perfectly to the specific needs of the content being
encoded. Founded in 2009, Beamr investors include Verizon Ventures,
Innovation Endeavors, and Disruptive.
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Micro Devices, Inc.
Press Contact
Mark Donnigan
Vice President, Marketing
E: mark@beamr.com
P: 650-961-3098