SharpStreamerTM

Video Acceleration
For ASV
June 2015
Who We Are

The former Embedded Computing and Power business of

Emerson Network Power. Our Heritage includes Motorola Computer Group,
Force Computers and Astec

Headquartered in The Largest Installed

Tempe, AZ ~20,000 Base of Open Standard
Founded Employees Compute Blades and
Systems in the World
in 1971
$1.23B Revenue
in 2014 #1 World Leader In OEM Embedded Power

The Global Leader in Power Conversion and Embedded Computing Technologies

Servicing the world’s leaders in Network Solutions with open, COTS platforms
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Artesyn’s Role in Network Evolution
Artesyn Provides the Software and Hardware Needed to
Employ Agile VNFs from Edge to Core

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Key Trends in Broadcast Video
Applications Straining Data Usage On Mobile and
Fixed Wireless Networks
$2.8B market in 2015

Monetizing OTT

Original content bypassing cable

Preference for
Server/Cloud

On-demand strains Higher resolutions Multiscreen

bandwidth
Choices for Service Providers

Artesyn Video
Acceleration:

- 33X Density
Video Appliances: Video Software - No Dedicated
Solutions: Hardware
- Expensive
- No dedicated - Can be deployed on
- Dedicated Existing Standard
Hardware, lacks hardware but
Servers
modularity requires too many
servers - Cloud-Friendly
- Does not run on
- CAPEX is high - 1/48th footprint
standard servers
- Some software - 1/10th power
- Not easily
deployed for cloud lacks DPI capability - Portable to different
needed and requires servers/vendors
integration
1 Add-on Card Can Deliver 8X the Density of 1 Server

48 Video 48 Video
Transcodes* Transcodes

Intel GPU-
acceleration
multiplies
density

Streams = 1080p30 AVC transcodes

*Intel Benchmark Performance results on Haswell i7-4650U processor
Challenges of Today’s Network
 Service providers prefer using standard servers vs. dedicated
hardware for video encoding/transcoding
 Standard Servers with software-based video processing solutions
don’t scale well to support higher densities, and become costly
 Network demand for video encoding/transcoding is rising as user
habits change

Single CPU server capacity:

6 streams (1080p30 AVC transcodes)
Representative SharpStreamer™ Board
Performance - Broadwell

Performance Benchmark testing still underway – HEVC performance

may improve to 2 streams per processor.
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Artesyn Acceleration Reduces
Infrastructure Costs
Artesyn Accelerators Bring
Major CAPEX and OPEX Reduction
 1/10th the power and 1/48th the footprint of
traditional servers
 1/12th the power and 1/12th the footprint of
transcode appliances

Learn more in our white Paper: “Virtual Video Transcoding in the Cloud”
GPU Accelerated Transcode Servers
Fraction of the Footprint & Power Consumption vs. Traditional Servers
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SharpStreamerTM
High Density Video Processing Acceleration Solution
Common Design to Serve :

OTT Video Broadcast Video

Servers Equipment Processing
Full-height, 3/4-length PCI Express form factor
Compatible with industry-standard 1RU and 2RU servers:
 176 1080p HD streams per 2U (using current-generation servers)
 Up to 44 HD streams per card
 Over 176 streams per 1U or 2U on Artesyn platforms

Quad-Intel i7 GT3-enabled Scalable Video Processing Engines

Common hardware for Different Applications:

 Mobile Network Optimization
 H.264/AVC & H.265/HEVC Transcoding
 Video Conferencing

Hardware: 4 processors per card, Ethernet controller eases development

Network Bootable Reference OS : Centos 7.x
Application Software: Optionally equipped with Transcoder Software for Live/Linear and VoD
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SharpStreamerTM Hardware
SharpStreamer™ BSP & Support
 Artesyn supported Board Support Package (BSP)
– PXE Bootable CentOS 7.x for each CPU node
 Patched Kernel to work with Intel Media Server Studio
 Includes Intel Media SDK runtime files
– Artesyn Utilities for :
 Hardware Monitoring and CPU node power management
 Remote access to each CPU node BIOS
 Artesyn Software and Firmware Updates
– Documentation to assisting in setting up network boot
environment on Host Server
 Application level development support will be
through Intel® Media Server Studio MSDK Forum
and support site
 Edge Technology

Scalable Performance with PCI Express

MaxCore
Platform

SharpStreamer
Server 2U 3U, 15 Slot, 1100W+, AC/DC

SharpStreamer 140K
SharpStreamer Server 1U 2U, 4 PCIe slots, NEBS
AC/DC
SharpCaster PCIe-7207 616
SharpMedia 1U, 4 PCIe slots, AC
40K
Xeon GPU-Accelerated
DSP Media Card
Media 40K 176 Technology
Cards Partners
10K
Speech
Processing 7680 176
G.711G.729
Video 16 44
Transcoding
H.264 14
 Artesyn 1U Acceleration Server
Industry-leading PCIe density in a balanced and flexible 1U server purpose-
built to meet the most demanding video processing workloads
 Highest density per RU in the  6 Total PCI Express Slots:
industry: – Four x16 full length, full height*
– 176 HD streams per 1RU rack- – Two x8 low profile
– Full Height Full Length slot availability
mount chassis (H.264 1080p dependent on # of SharpStreamer cards in kit
transcodes)
 Software:
– Supports (4) SharpStreamers: Up – Host Operating: CentOS 7.x
to four single or double-width – Programmer’s Environment:
PCIe x16 accelerators per server – Intel Media Server Studio Media SDK runtime
files
 1U System Framework:
– Artesyn SharpStreamer PCIE-7207 BSP
– Dual Intel Xeon E5-2640v3 2.00 – Host Server Software (Video Transcoder
GHz host processors Platform only)
– Dual 400 GB SSD Storage
Memory in RAID 1 configuration
– Dual 10 Gb & Quad 1Gb ports
– Redundant hot swappable 1600W
A/C power supplies
 Memory: 64GB Dual Channel DDR4-
2133 Memory
176 streams per RU! Highest in the Industry!
 Artesyn 2U Acceleration Server
Industry-leading PCIe density in a balanced and flexible 2U server that is
purpose-built to meet the most demanding video processing workloads
 NEBS-ready 2U Carrier-grade server  7 PCI Express slots:
– 176 HD streams per rack-mount – One x16 full-length, full height*
chassis (H.264 1080p transcodes) – Three x8 full-length, full height*
– Three half-length, low profile
– Supports (4) SharpStreamers – 2 PCIe slots (low profile) in rear
 2U System Framework: *Full Height Full Length Slot availability dependent on
# of SharpStreamer cards in kit
– Dual Intel Xeon E5-2640v2 2.00
GHz host processors  Software:
– Host Operating: CentOS 7.x
– Redundant hot swappable 1100W – Programmer’s Environment:
AC power supplies – Intel Media Server Studio Media SDK runtime files
– NEBS level 3 – Artesyn SharpStreamer PCIE-7207 BSP
– Host Server Software (Video Transcoder Platform
– Dual 400 GB SSD Storage only)
memory in RAID 1 configuration
– Dual 10Gb & Quad 1Gb ports
 Memory: 64GB Dual Channel DDR3-
1333 Memory
Best Current Solution for NEBS & SharpStreamer Development
Coming Soon:
Artesyn 3U Acceleration Server

Industry-leading PCIe density in a versatile carrier grade

NEBS 3U server that can support multiple applications
with the highest carrier-grade density

 Game-changing density:  3U by ~500mm for 19” racks

– 616 HD streams in 3U
(H.264 1080p transcodes)
– 205 HD streams per RU density
– Supports (14) SharpStreamers
– Up to (14) single-width PCIe x16
accelerators
 Less than Half or More the Cost of
Competitors per Stream
 Hot-swappable redundant power and
cooling and few active components in
the core
 Supports 100Gbps DPI with 100G CXP
connector at rear from load balancer card
 Two 10GBaseT uplinks to optional 1GE
ETH switch for Server Cards
 Four 2.5”/9mm SATA storage devices (hot-
swap from front)
 Three redundant fans with front to back
cooling (no preheated air)
 Support for auxiliary power for each PCI
Express slot

Game-changing density (616 streams) in a Carrier-Grade Platform

Software Solution for High Density Transcoding:
VoD and Live/Linear TV
Fully Virtualized Platform Implementation

Real-Time Optimization and Delivery Application

Resource and Bandwidth Monitoring

Resource Assessment and Decision Logic

Cloud Provisioning and Management

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Virtual
Instance #1 Instance #1 Instance #1
Machines

GPU-enabled or
Standard Servers
 Or Develop Your Own Software with
Intel® Media SDK (part of Media Server Studio Essentials Edition)
 API Library used to expose IA hardware acceleration for
media applications
 Single set of APIs optimized for both Processor Graphics
and/or CPU
 Current focus on video

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Intel® Media Server Studio 2015
 Two Editions
– Essentials : Media SDK, Graphics Driver, Sample code and
OpenCL Code Builder
– Professional : Essential Edition, HEVC decoder & encoder, Audio
decoder & encoder, Video Quality Caliper Tool, VTune™ Amplifier
XE, and Telecine Interlace Reverser

 Sample Code
– Video transcoding ,encoding, decoding and processing
– Video conferencing, Splitter and Muxer
– OpenCL Motion Estimation, User Defined Codecs & VPPs

https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-media-server-studio/try-buy

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 Intel® Media SDK Features
 HW accelerated video
codecs:
– MJPEG-2 (Partial
Accelerated Decode Only)
– H.264
– H.265 (Partial Accelerated)
– VP8 (Partial Accelerated)
– MJPEG (Decode only)
– VC-1 (Decode only)

 Partial Acceleration
– Software implementation
running on GPU resources
not hardware fixed function
in chipset design
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GPU Accelerated vs CPU Loading
 TU7 = Lowest Video Quality and Highest Density setting
 TU7gacc = TU7 GPU accelerated
 HD and 4K @ 40% less CPU loading when GPU accelerated

Performance data based on Core i7-4770K

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Artesyn Partner ISV Ecosystem
 Covers broad spectrum of applications that benefit from SharpStreamer:
– Mobile Video Network Optimization & QoE Services – Vantrix, FromTo
(formerly Mobivita)
– AVC & HEVC Transcoding – Elecard, Vanguard, Noisypeak, Vantrix
– Media Streaming Server for CDNs – Wowza, Main Concept
– Voice & Video Conferencing (in progress)
– WebRTC Media Processing (in progress)

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