Advantech, a worldwide innovator in industrial edge computing and AI applications, has signed a partnership agreement with NETINT Technologies, an expert in video acceleration via advanced silicon chips. The alliance leverages Advantech’s powerful VEGA line of video edge servers and NETINT’s Smart Video Processing Units (VPUs) to set a new standard in efficient video infrastructure. This partnership aims to significantly boost stream density per device, reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO), and ensure high reliability for massive live video streaming, broadcasting, and professional video production.
A New Era in Transcoding Performance
The video market is undergoing a fundamental shift towards a focus on efficiency per watt. Leveraging Advantech’s rugged 24/7 industrial server products and NETINT’s specialized VPUs, the innovative solution provides a deterministic and highly efficient option compared to conventional CPU/GPU-based transcoding methods.
High-Performance Platforms for Diverse Workflows
The partnership centers on two flagship platforms tailored to meet the demands of mobile and enterprise-scale video environments:
Compact Mobility: The VEGA-6321 Mini Server At the heart of NETINT’s Quadra Mini Server solution, the Advantech VEGA-6321 is powered by 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and a NETINT Quadra T1M M.2 module. This compact 1U half-rack system supports up to 20 real-time live streams, making it an ideal choice for mobile broadcasting, remote media production, and field-based IP video transmission.
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High-Density Scaling: The VEGA-7141 1U Video Server Engineered for intensive, high-throughput workloads, the VEGA-7141 leverages AMD EPYC™ 9005 series processors and supports up to twelve NETINT Quadra T1U U.2 modules. This configuration delivers an industry-leading capacity of 384 simultaneous 1080p 30 FPS streams. With integrated 100GbE ST-2110 support, it provides the massive throughput necessary for large-scale distribution environments.
“Advantech is proud to strengthen our position in the video industry alongside a valued AI VPU partner like NETINT,” said Ted Feng, Senior Director at Advantech. “By combining our decades of system design expertise with NETINT’s cutting-edge VPU acceleration, we are empowering customers to reduce infrastructure costs and achieve greater operational efficiency.”
Optimizing the Future of Streaming Economics
With rising global demand for quality streaming services, the need to scale down while keeping energy and other infrastructural costs low is increasingly sought after. This comprehensive solution gives a direct channel from capture to delivery, making it possible for broadcasters to transmit at a higher stream density while consuming lower amounts of power.
“As the market for cost effective live streaming encoders is exploding, we are happy to expand the reach of the VPU ecosystem with Advantech,” said Randal Horne, CRO, at NETINT Technologies. “Together, Advantech and NETINT are delivering tightly integrated, high-performance solutions that redefine video encoding and processing economics enabling service providers to scale efficiently with industry-leading stream density per watt.”
Advantech’s VEGA platforms are backed by over 40 years of industrial design expertise, ensuring that these high-density solutions maintain the robust, around-the-clock reliability required for mission-critical media workflows.