System bus interface

• Single-slot PCIe® Gen3

   - Mechanically x16

   - Electrically x8

• Half-length, full-height card

• Peer-to-peer transfers

IP interface

• 4 SFP cages (2 Dual SFP28 cages)

• 10 GbE IEEE 802.3ae (10GBASE-SR)

• 25 GbE IEEE 802.3by

 (25GBASE-SR, 25GBASE-CR, 25GBASE-CR-S)

• IP encapsulations according to

  - SMPTE ST 2110-10

  - SMPTE ST 2110-20

  - SMPTE ST 2110-21

    . Inputs are asynchronous receivers (Type A)

    . Outputs are narrow transmitters (Type N)

  - SMPTE ST 2110-30

  - SMPTE ST 2110-31

  - SMPTE ST 2110-40

• Seamless protection (redundancy) according to SMPTE ST 2022-7

• Support NMOS framework for:

  - IS-04: Discovery and registration

  - IS-05: Connection management

• Telemetry for monitoring and diagnosis of IP end points

• Access to standard network stack available on operating systems

Video inputs and outputs

• Each flow is SMPTE ST 2110-20 compliant

• Each SFP28 is paired to offer primary and redundancy flows (SMPTE ST 2022-7)

• Each dual SFP28 in 25 GbE offers:

  - Primary flows:

    . 16x HD input and output flows

    . 8x 1080p60 input and output flows

    . 2x UHDp60 input and output flows

  - Redundancy flows that mirror above throughput

• Standard broadcast resolutions: 

  - 720x486i at 29.97 fps (NTSC)

  - 720x576i at 25 fps (PAL)

  - 1280x720p at 50, 59.94, and 60 fps

  - 1920x1080i at 25, 29.97

  - 1920x1080p at 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps

  - 3840x2160p at 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps

  - 4096x2160p at 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps

• 8- and 10-bit YUV 422

• Inputs and outputs can be fill or fill/key where key can be inverted and expanded

• Inputs allow full line rate capture to memory, allowing any bursty input to be captured

• Outputs can directly extract video resolutions from custom wide-resolution buffers for applications, such as broadcast video walls Audio inputs and outputs

• Each flow is SMPTE ST 2110-30 compliant conforming with Levels A, B, and C

• Up to 128 flows of simultaneous inputs and outputs on each SFP28

• Each dual SFP28 in 25 GbE offers:

  - Primary flows: 128 input and output flows

  - Redundancy flows that mirror above throughput

• Each flow can be 1 to 64 tracks with overall max of 1024 tracks per SFP28

• Audio flows are independent of video flows

• 48KHz sampling

Ancillary data inputs and outputs

• Each flow is SMPTE ST 2110-40 compliant

• Up to 32 flows of simultaneous inputs and outputs on each SFP28

• Each dual SFP28 in 25 GbE offers:

  - Primary flows: 32 input and output flows

  - Redundancy flows that mirror above throughput

Onboard scaler with HDR conversion

• Pixel-based scaling, positioning, and cropping

• Down, up, and cross scaling

• Up/Downscaling of 4 channels of 4K/UHDp60 or the equivalent, such as 32 channels of 1080i30

• HDR conversions:

  - HDR to HDR

  - SDR to HDR

  - HDR to SDR

• Input/Output dynamic range and color gamut:

  - SDR BT 709

  - SDR BT 2020

  - HLG BT 2100

  - PQ BT 2100

  - Sony S-Log3 S-Gamut3

• HDR conversion settings:

  - Per ITU-R BT.2408

  - Presets with user preference control for saturation and intensity

• Supports custom resolutions and broadcast resolutions

• 8- and 10-bit surfaces

• YUV 4:2:2 and YUVA 4:2:2:4 support

Motion adaptive de-interlacer

• Pixel based operation

• Temporal and spacial-based motion estimation

• Anti-aliasing filtering

• Up to 4 channels of 1080i30 to 4 channels of 1080p60 processing

• 10-bit processing

• Aspect ratio conversions between SD, HD, and 4K/UHD

On-board compositor

• Programmable in single or multiple compositor configurations

• 8- and 10-bit video

• Up to 4 layers of 4K/UHDp60 compositing or 32 layers of 1080i30 compositing

• Full-blend and half-blend mixing

• Shaped or unshaped video compositing

• Supports custom resolutions and broadcast resolutions

• Logo input support with pixel-based positioning

Decimation filtering

• Proxy generation of any I/O buffer

• Provides 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 decimation for preview/ multiviewing purposes

• Simultaneous capture of full resolution and decimated buffers from I/O memory 

Colorspace conversions

• YUV/YUVA to ARGB from I/O to host memory

• ARGB to YUV/YUVA from host to I/O memory

Genlock time base

• Genlock over IP as per SMPTE ST 2059

• Best master clock algorithm for up to 4 grandmasters

• Analog blackburst reference (tri-level or bi-level)

• Optional termination switch for blackburst

• Auto detection of blackburst standard

Failsafe

• Watchdog circuitry

• Intelligent IP bypass