AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link

Overview

AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link

The Industry's Choice for
GPU-accelerated Video Pipelines.

AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link -the evolution of GPU-powered professional video pipelines.

Solving technological limitations of the past, AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link enables a new ecosystem of choice and functionality upon which OEMs and other system integrators can build solutions for broadcast graphics and real-time video production/post-production. AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link provides ultra-low latency system performance, powerful GPU computing and robust SDI (Serial Digital Interface) video signal compatibility.

Highlights

Fulfills industry need for low-latency, GPU acceleration and robust SDI signal compatibility in a single platform
Fully-supports 3G SDI and other advanced signaling standards
3rd-party SDI I/O PCIe board compatibility and certification²
Supports advanced APIs such as OpenCLTM 1.1, OpenGL 4.2 and DirectX® 11
Fully supports the new AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI professional graphics card
Superior price/performance and value for OEMs, integrators and end-users

Features and Benefits

Support for the AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI professional graphics card with AMD DirectGMA technology	Low-latency, high throughput GPU acceleration for real-time professional video and broadcast graphics pipelines
Support for industry-standard APIs such as OpenCLTM 1.1, OpenGL 4.2 and DirectX® 11	Maximum portability, flexibility and performance for software design
Easy to Implement AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link SDK (software development kit) and related AMD global technical support	Short development time for integrated solutions built on the AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link platform
Integrated support for advanced SDI signal functionality including: 3G, multistream/3Dstereo, Dual-link, AES-EBU audio (embedded and discrete), and RS-422 & GPIO control¹	Maximum compatibility with existing, advanced SDI-centric pipelines and environments

Use Cases

Live 3D Virtual Sets
On-air/Live Broadcast Graphics (news/sports/weather)
Real-time Professional Video Post-production (editorial, visual effects)
On-set 3D VFX Previs
Color Grading and “Final Conform” for Film (Cinema) and Television material
Video stream/signal/file encoding and transcoding
Video Servers for Playout & Archival

Resources

AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI professional graphics

The AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI professional graphics card provides powerful 2D and 3D image processing and graphics acceleration capabilities.

AMD FirePro™ V7900 SDI

SDI-Link Technology Partners

AMD has joined with industry leaders in the broadcast technology space to ensure a broad range of certified hardware SDI I/O options for systems built upon the FirePro™ SDI-Link platform.

Certified SDI-Link Technology Partners

AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link Tech Brief

Read the SDI-Link tech brief for an in-depth explanation of the SDI-Link platform and its component offerings.

AMD FirePro™ SDI-Link Tech Brief

First round of SDI-I/O board certification planned for completion in Q4 2011