iSIZE, a specialist in deep learning for video delivery, has released first performance results taking full advantage of the special instructions enabled by Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel AMX), available on the 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor. The new Intel architecture means that AI-based video processing like iSIZE BitClear can be performed entirely within the CPU, eliminating the latency, …
Start-up iSize sizes up against SSIMWave in video precoding
by Tommy Flanagan, Faultline Editor and Rethink TV Analyst, December 3, 2020 After seeing the word ‘precoding’ emblazoned on the website of video compression start-up iSize Technologies, Faultline dialed into this week’s briefing with immense skepticism. An hour later, we left having been mostly convinced that video precoding is much more than a marketing construct – albeit one with opportunities …
iSize Technologies’ BitSave Achieves Cost, Bitrate Savings With Intel AI-Enabled CPUs
by Phil Kurz, TVTechnology, November 30, 2020 BitSave precoding technology leveraging Intel Xeon Scalable Processors can reduce bitrate 25% LONDON—iSize Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Intel to achieve a five-times improvement in speed performance using Intel’s AI-enabled CPUs to reduce streaming cost and achieve a 25% bitrate savings, the company said. The performance enhancement made possible by iSize …
Is Online Video Streaming Killing the Internet — and the Environment?
by Ariel Shapira, Entrepreneur, November 20, 2020 Video service providers must explore sustainable ways to deliver streaming video content without sacrificing quality. What comes to mind when the topic of “online video consumption” gets brought up? Do you immediately think of streaming platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo? Do you think of the ever-popular social networks, such as Tik Tok, …
Escaping The Complexity-Bitrate-Quality Barriers Of Video Encoders: Our Results With Versatile Video Coding (VVC)
By Dr. Vasileios Giotsas and Dr Yiannis Andreopoulos, iSize Technologies
Validating Our Deep Perceptual Precoder With Independent Viewer Preference Testing On Amazon MTurk
By Dr Yiannis Andreopoulos and Dr Vasileios Giotsas, iSize Technologies
Reverse-engineering visual quality through pixel-to-pixel deep neural networks
By Dr Yiannis Andreopoulos, CTO, iSize Technologies
The Fine Art of AI Upscaling
By Sergio Grce, CEO, iSize Technologies