Cloud
Run high-density video encoding/decoding/transcoding in the cloud using Quadra VPUs without changing ingest, playback, or orchestration workflows.
Use this architecture when:
- Cloud-hosted or cloud-adjacent video pipelines
- CPU or GPU encoding costs are constraining scale
- AV1, HEVC, or high-density H.264 in production
- Need predictable performance and linear scaling
This architecture is optimized for cost control, density, and operational predictability.
What changes
- Video compute moves from CPU/GPU to VPUs
- Encoding density per instance increases
- Cost per stream decreases at scale
What doesn’t
- Ingest sources and output destinations
- FFmpeg/GStreamer-based workflows and codecs
- Cloud provider, region, or account ownership
VPU access
- Quadra VPUs sit inside the encoding layer
- Handle encode/transcode only
- Eliminate CPU/GPU contention
- Scale linearly with additional instances
- Available via: Akamai, Oracle, CDN77 and i3D.
Scaling model
- Horizontal scale via VPU-enabled instances
- Deterministic performance per instance
- No GPU sharing or noisy-neighbor effects
Integration support
- Supported cloud environment (customer-owned)
- FFMPEG, GStreamer
- VPU-enabled instances
- Existing ingest and output endpoints
- Orchestration layer (Bitstreams or existing scheduler)
- Link to Ecosystem
Outcome
Higher encoding density. Lower cost per stream. Predictable performance using your existing infrastructure.
Supported by the VPU Ecosystem, partners operating this architecture in production today.