Akamai has introduced a new cloud solution specifically optimized for video processing, leveraging the powerful Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPUs to significantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of video content handling. This media-optimized offering is designed to deliver a substantial increase in processing speed, with internal benchmarks indicating the capability to process frames per second up to 25 times faster than traditional CPU-based encoding and transcoding methods. However, Akamai has not yet disclosed the specific locations from which this service will be available, and inquiries for further details have been made by DCD.
Shawn Michels, VP of cloud products at Akamai, highlighted the importance of low-latency, reliable compute resources that also support the flexibility of workload portability across different cloud environments. The Nvidia GPUs, integrated into Akamai’s global Edge platform, are set to provide not only superior price performance but also allow for multicloud architectures, making them ideal for a variety of digital content creation tasks including 3D modeling, rendering, and video streaming. Furthermore, the announcement of Akamai’s new media-optimized cloud offering aligns with their broader strategy to enhance computing diversity and power edge-native applications, as evidenced by their recent launches of core compute regions and specialized services like the Gecko Edge cloud service.
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