VPU ECOSYSTEM

The system of record for deploying competitive video infrastructure without building your own custom silicon.

A global network of certified partners, proven architectures, and production deployments that remove risk from VPU adoption.

Ecosystem Directory  

Based on workflow, this map shows how ecosystem partners align across the video pipeline, with some spanning multiple stages.

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Global CDN and cloud compute platform with VPU-powered encoding availability.

Type: Cloud / CDN deployment, IaaS

Deploy VPUs in Akamai’s cloud to enable scalable, cost-efficient encoding without managing hardware.
Ideal for customers who need rapid testing, instant scaling, or hybrid cloud + on-prem VPU workflows.
Expands NETINT deployments globally through Akamai’s distributed infrastructure.

Advantech offers edge-ready hardware platforms for contribution, ingest, and video capture workflows.

Type: Hardware platforms, capture, edge compute

Reliable, high-performance hardware for live ingest and contribution pipelines.
Ideal for edge deployments where VPUs need ruggedized, compact systems.
Combines with NETINT VPUs to build low-power, high-density capture-to-transcode nodes.

Systems integrator specializing in architecting and deploying modern broadcast & streaming infrastructures.

Type: Systems integration, workflow deployment

Designs and deploys end-to-end streaming and broadcast pipelines using VPU-powered encoding.
Reduces deployment risk with hands-on engineering, testing, and workflow validation.
Ideal for operators needing turnkey integration of NETINT VPUs into existing production systems.

Professional transcoding and live workflow software used in broadcast and streaming.

Integration Type: Transcoding software, FFmpeg integration, workflow control

Integrates NETINT VPUs into Cambria workflows for high-volume live and file-based encoding.
Delivers predictable quality, automated profiles, and scalable broadcasting pipelines.
Ideal for customers upgrading legacy CPU-based transcode farms to ASIC acceleration.

CDN77 is a global CDN delivering high-performance streaming distribution.

Integration Type: CDN delivery, edge distribution

Optimizes delivery for VPU-encoded streams at scale.
Ideal for sports, entertainment, and live-event workloads with global reach.
Creates an end-to-end path from NETINT encoding to worldwide audiences.

Live transcoding and workflow systems for operators requiring reliability and control.

Integration Type: Transcoding stack, live workflow integration

Seamlessly integrates VPU acceleration into carrier-grade live encoding systems.
Offers monitoring and orchestration tools that simplify large deployments.
Perfect for operators scaling from pilot to nationwide VPU rollouts.

Server infrastructure commonly used for high-density VPU deployments.

Integration Type: Certified servers, hosting platforms

Dell servers provide stable, enterprise-grade chassis for multi-VPU density.
Used in many real-world deployments for broadcast, cloud, and CDN workloads.
NETINT VPUs drop cleanly into Dell’s existing PCIe ecosystems for rapid deployment.

APIs and infrastructure for real-time streaming, communications, and playback.

Integration Type: Ingest, playback, API platform

Enhances VPU-powered workflows with low-latency ingest and audience playback tools.
Great for interactive video, conferencing, or real-time applications.
Completes the chain from VPU transcoding to user playback experience.

Broadcast and OTT video processing software with professional-grade pipelines.

Integration Type: Transcoding, workflow engine

Adds advanced stream control and processing capabilities to VPU-encoded workflows.
Ideal for broadcasters upgrading to modern low-power processing stacks.
Easy Tools + NETINT simplifies complex multi-profile or multi-language workflows.

Low-latency global compute and CDN network used heavily in gaming and streaming.

Integration Type: CDN, Cloud compute

Perfect for real-time applications requiring <50ms global transport.
Pairs with VPU-powered encoding to deliver high-volume, low-latency live content.
Ideal for esports, gaming streams, and interactive live scenarios.

European systems integrator focused on broadcast-grade deployments.

Integration Type: Systems integration, workflow deployment

Helps operators deploy NETINT-based encoding infrastructures at scale.
Deep experience integrating VPU workflows into professional broadcast chains.
Reduces deployment friction with hands-on engineering and architecture support.

J21 Corporation

Integration Type: Systems integration, workflow deployment

Helps operators deploy NETINT-based encoding infrastructures at scale.
Deep experience integrating VPU workflows into professional broadcast chains.
Reduces deployment friction with hands-on engineering and architecture support.

Orchestrates large-scale video encoding workflows across cloud and on-prem infrastructures.

Integration Type: CDN platform, workflow automation

Provides a fully integrated path from ingest to VPU encoding to delivery.
Includes orchestration tools that make deploying VPU-based workflows simple.
Ideal for SaaS video platforms wanting turnkey OTT at low OPEX.

JW Player

Integration Type: CDN platform, workflow automation

Provides a fully integrated path from ingest to VPU encoding to delivery.
Includes orchestration tools that make deploying VPU-based workflows simple.
Ideal for SaaS video platforms wanting turnkey OTT at low OPEX.

Real-Time 8K & Quad 4K Contribution Infrastructure

 Integration Type: xx

12G-SDI Quad-Link Ingest into Quadra VPU Hardware Encoding. Direct high-bandwidth video input feeding VPU-accelerated encoding for broadcast-grade workflows.
8K60 or Four Simultaneous 4K60 Streams Enables ultra-high-resolution live production without compromising performance or density.
Ultra-Low Latency IP Transport via WebRTC Delivers real-time contribution streams over IP for modern remote

Media transport and synchronization platform enabling mission-critical contribution & distribution.

Integration Type: Contribution, Low-Latency Media Transport

Ensures secure, ultra-reliable transport for live video entering VPU-powered processing chains.
Ideal for sports, remote production, and large event contribution requiring stable low-latency delivery.
Pairs with NETINT VPUs to create an end-to-end ingest to encode delivery pipeline for live content.

Real-time video composition framework for building modern streaming workflows.

Integration Type: Workflow Composition, Live Processing

Enables dynamic overlays, multiview, layout changes, and live video manipulation.
Combines with VPUs for ultra-efficient transcoding after composition.
Ideal for sports, events, virtual production, and interactive streaming.

Dynamic real-time ABR ladder generation and streaming pipeline automation.

Integration Type: ABR Optimization, Processing Control

Automatically generates optimal ladders for VPU-based encoding workflows.
Reduces storage and bandwidth while maintaining quality.
Great for platforms with fast-changing or unpredictable content sources.

VPU Accelerated LCEVC Encoding for Smarter Bitrate Efficiency

Integration Type: Standardizing technology

Boosts Existing Codecs Without Replacing Infrastructure. Adds an enhancement layer on top of H.264, HEVC, or AV1 enabling bitrate reduction without disruptive workflow changes.
Reduces Compute and Energy Load at Scale Improves compression efficiency while lowering processing complexity — ideal for high-density encoding environments.
Accelerates Deployment of Advanced Compression Delivers performance gains without waiting for new silicon or full ecosystem migration.

Industry-standard protocol and platform for low-latency video contribution.

Integration Type: Contribution workflow, transport layer

Ensures error-free delivery of live video into VPU-powered workflows.
Ideal for broadcast, live events, remote production, and 24/7 streaming.
Zixi ingest to NETINT transcoding to CDN delivery creates a robust end-to-end chain.

The Problem We’re Solving:

The video market didn’t just get harder, it changed underneath us.

Modern video infrastructure is broken.

Software encoding was never designed for today’s codecs or scale.

AV1 and next-gen codecs expose compute and power limits immediately.
Architecture collapse as scale increases

Results: Rising cost, unpredictable performance, and systems that don’t scale.

Quadra Video Servers

The market moved faster than general-purpose compute then optimization hit a hard ceiling.

You can’t optimize your way out of a broken model.

Incremental optimization vs structural efficiency

The Market Has Split. Permanently.

Video infrastructure is now divided between those who own silicon, and those who don’t.

Walled Gardens:

Closed, proprietary systems
Custom ASICs with 20–30× efficiency advantage
Zero availability to the  Open Market

The Open Market:

Exposed to global CDNs and hyperscalers 
Forced to choose between CPUs that burn power or GPUs that don’t scale economically

The VPU Ecosystem

is how the Open Market competes.

This isn’t an alternative. It’s the only economically viable architecture forward.  

10× channel density vs GPUs → Density changes the cost curve
60–80% lower per-stream cost → Economics finally scale
Predictable performance at scale → Planning replaces guesswork
Deployable today, risk free → This isn’t theoretical

If you can’t build your own ASIC, this is the architecture you adopt.

What are you deploying?

VPU Certified Workflows: Here are some engineering-endorsed, live VPU architectures in conjunction with Ecosystem Partners.

Why video platforms eventually move to VPUs

These aren’t feature advantages. They’re structural realities once video hits scale.

Live AV1 encoding in cloud on VPUs

See real-time AV1 encoding on NETINT VPUs on Akamai Cloud, demonstrating broadcast-grade quality and density, integrated with Capella Systems workflows.

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High-Density Decoding Demonstration

See large-scale, multi-stream decoding on VPUs, showing how operators handle monitoring and multiview workloads using Net Insights on the Cires21 platform.

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Hybrid On-Prem + Burst Workflows on CDN

Watch how G&L Systemhaus configured onprem VPUs to seamlessly extend onto Akamai Cloud for burst capacity and regional scaling via CDN for the Parliment.

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Benchmarking VPUs and GPUs for Media Workloads

Akamai Cloud benchmarking with Cires21 show NETINT VPUs deliver up to 4.7x better energy efficiency than NVIDIA GPUs for real-world video encoding.

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Dynamic ABR Ladder Optimization

Observe real-time ladder generation tuned for content complexity and bandwidth efficiency, powered by VPUs and optimized with Scalstrm.

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VPU Ecosystem FAQs

 The VPU Ecosystem exists so the Open Market can compete on equal architectural footing, without building its own silicon.

1. What problem does the VPU Ecosystem actually exist to solve?

The VPU Ecosystem exists because the video infrastructure market has structurally split.Hyperscalers like Google and Meta gained permanent efficiency advantages by building proprietary silicon for their internal use.

The rest of the market: global CDNs, broadcasters, cloud providers, and platforms are left competing with tools never designed for modern video scale.

The Ecosystem gives the Open Market a deployable solution with commercially available ASIC VPUs—without requiring hyperscaler-sized resources.

2. Why is this an ecosystem and not just a better encoder?

Because encoding efficiency alone doesn’t create production reality.

Modern video systems require:

orchestration
deployment patterns
predictable scaling
integration with existing infrastructure

The ecosystem turns VPUs from a component into a system of record, which is a repeatable, proven architecture teams can trust and adopt without starting from scratch.

3. What makes the VPU Ecosystem essential and not optional for the Open Market?

Because the cost and power curves have already broken.

As codecs evolve and volumes increase:

software-based architectures collapse under power and cost
GPUs plateau before delivering hyperscaler-level efficiency
competitive gaps widen irreversibly

The ecosystem exists so Open Market companies can acquire the same caliber VPUs and actually compete on architecture, not brute force.

4. How does the ecosystem reduce deployment risk?

By replacing guesswork with reference models.

The ecosystem is built on:

real deployments
certified partner integrations
reproducible benchmarks
documented architectures

Teams aren’t asked to invent a solution. They’re given one that already works. This reduces technical risk, organizational friction, and decision anxiety.

5. Is this only relevant at massive hyperscale volumes?

No. It becomes valuable before hyperscale. Mid-to-large platforms often feel efficiency pressure earlier due to:

tighter margins
power constraints
limited tolerance for waste

The ecosystem helps teams become efficient before scale turns inefficiency into a crisis.

6. How is this different from relying on cloud-native or GPU-  based stacks?

Cloud and GPU stacks optimize for generality.

The VPU Ecosystem optimizes for video economics:

density per rack
watts per stream
cost per channel
deterministic performance

It is purpose-built for workloads where video is the business, not a side effect.

7. What role do partners play inside the ecosystem?

Partners are not listed for compatibility, they are included for outcomes.
 Each partner is interested in your success and offer:

a working solution for a specific architectural need
is validated in production
earns their place through deployable value

This ensures the ecosystem remains practical, not theoretical. We’re all in this together as a cooperative community helping lift each other to remain competitive and relevant.

8. How do companies engage with or adopt the ecosystem?

Most teams start incrementally:

a specific workload
a single codec transition
a constrained deployment environment

From there, the architecture expands as economics and performance are proven. Adoption is evolutionary and progressive, not disruptive.

9. How do partners join the VPU Ecosystem?

Participation is selective and partners join by:

enabling real deployments
committing to technical transparency
aligning to reference architectures
contributing measurable value

This ensures the ecosystem remains credible, cohesive, and trusted by customers.

10. What does success look like for companies that adopt   the ecosystem?

Lower costs. Higher density. Predictable scaling.
But more importantly:

architectural clarity
faster decision-making
future-ready infrastructure
competitiveness without hyperscaler dependency

Ready to get on board? Contact sales@netint.com to deploy.

Ecosystem Support

Issues are resolved at the system boundary,  not the ticket boundary.

NETINT works with certified partners and proven architectures to support deployment, operation, and scale, resolving issues at the system level as requirements evolve.