Expanding its product offer, the Greenish goblin from Santa Clara has now announced that it calls "the industry's first integrated GPU-based platform for broadcasters to acquire, process and deliver virtual effects to video. Dubbed Quadro Digital Video Pipeline, the solution allows for higher quality, graphic-rich broadcasts in real time by providing direct path for image processing into and out of the GPU. According to Nvidia the platform consists of a Quadro FX professional graphics card, the Quadro Digital Video Pipeline SDK and two new cards, the Quadro SDI Capture and Output.

"The Quadro Digital Video Pipeline lets us bypass the CPU and main memory, and take full advantage of the visual and computational power of the GPU," said Marv White, chief technology officer, Sportvision. "By continuing to work closely with Nvidia, we're ensuring our customers continue to get the most innovative technology in live broadcast today."

Pictured below, the Quadro SDI Output PCIe x1 card enables uncompressed video to be streamed directly to Quadro SDI-enabled GPU memory, with the ability to capture up to four HD-SDI Single link sources simultaneously. The PCIe x8 Quadro SDI Output card provides an integrated graphics-to-video solution, enabling 2D and 3D effects to be composited in real-time with 2K, HD and SD video.

The Nvidia Quadro Digital Video Pipeline platform is expected to debut in August at prices going from $5,000 to $8,000.

Quadro SDI Output card



Quadro SDI Capture card