Video content accounts for 90% of network traffic
Xilinx to Reduce Video Service Provider Bandwidth
Two Transcoding Reference Appliances Unveiled


As remote work culture spreads due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for OTT services is also increasing explosively.

These service providers want to seamlessly deliver high-quality video to numerous consumers while simultaneously reducing related costs.

On the 18th, Xilinx unveiled two Real-Time Video Server Appliance Reference Architectures through an online press conference.

Aaron Behman, Director of Video Product Marketing at Xilinx Data Center Group, who hosted the meeting, said, “With video content delivery accounting for 90% of global network traffic these days, bandwidth costs are the biggest expense video service providers have to pay.”

The two real-time video server appliance reference architectures unveiled by Xilinx on this day are transcoding editions that improve the quality of transmitted and received video and optimize the bitrate, enabling many consumers to enjoy high-quality live streaming in real time.

First reference applyThe HPE ProLiant DL380/385 server, equipped with eight Xilinx Alveo U50 data center accelerator cards, optimizes bitrate to deliver high-quality video content to consumers. The DL380/385 server is currently available for purchase.

The second reference appliance is the Wistron Transformer G2E server, equipped with eight Alveo U30 data center accelerator cards, which enables high density with low power consumption to provide simultaneous streaming services to a larger number of consumers. The G2E server is currently available for purchase in the Asia-Pacific region. Hypertek's appliances targeting the global market and Supermicro's servers targeting the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region are scheduled for release this summer.

Director Berman explained, “Xilinx is distributing standalone containers supporting HEVC and containers supporting AVC and H.264 on its website for bitrate-optimized servers,” adding, “Solutions supporting HEVC and AVC are also provided for high-density servers.”

In addition, the two reference appliances integrated FFmpeg, one of the interface frameworks widely used in the field of transcoding and encoding.

Director Berman stated, “Xilinx supports testing all the solutions discussed today on the Nimbix cloud,” adding, “We are working to establish authorized resellers supporting Korea and Japan, and are currently providing solutions through Wistron.”

Meanwhile, the Alveo U30 data center accelerator card unveiled by Xilinx on this day serves as a high-density processing and machine learning platform and is scheduled to be integrated into upcoming reference appliances supporting video analytics and machine learning.