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Industry Solution
Broadcast & Pro AV Solutions
Enable high-quality video, real-time processing, and low-latency connectivity with flexible FPGA solutions designed for next-generation broadcast and professional AV systems.
Advancing Broadcast and Pro AV with AI and Edge Computing
FPGAs play a transformative role in the broadcasting and professional audio/visual (Pro AV) industry by addressing the increasing demand for high-quality content, low-latency transmission, and flexibility in system design. FPGAs handle video capture, pre-processing, and low-latency data movement for edge AI systems, enabling broadcasters and Pro AV professionals to build efficient workflows that are efficient, scalable, and adaptable to the industry's rapidly evolving demands. FPGAs prepare and move video in real time for AI-driven functions such as video analytics, closed captioning, and graphics overlays, with the model running on GPU or other compute.
The Challenges, and Why FPGA
The Challenge
Latency in Live Production
Live broadcasts and professional AV systems demand immediate signal processing and delivery.
Why FPGA
Deterministic Low Latency
FPGAs enable predictable, ultra-low-latency performance for real-time video and audio workflows.
The Challenge
Rising Video Demands
Higher resolutions and complex video workflows place increasing demands on processing systems.
Why FPGA
Real-Time Video Processing
FPGAs accelerate HD, 4K, 8K, and 16K video processing with parallel, high-performance architectures.
The Challenge
Evolving AV Standards
New codecs, interfaces, and connectivity standards require continuous hardware adaptation.
Why FPGA
Reconfigurable by Design
FPGAs support evolving video formats, interfaces, and features without requiring complete hardware replacement.
The Challenge
Growing System Complexity
Modern broadcast environments must integrate multiple video sources, processing functions, and connectivity interfaces.
Why FPGA
Flexible Integration
FPGAs combine video processing, connectivity, and custom functions on adaptable platforms.
Why Altera
Complete FPGA Foundation
Altera provides a comprehensive FPGA foundation for broadcast innovation. The Video and Vision Processing Suite includes more than 45 IP cores that help developers deliver premium video quality, optimize performance, accelerate time to market, and reduce development risk.
Performance and Flexibility
Altera FPGAs give broadcasters the performance and flexibility to create smarter, more adaptable solutions than fixed-function alternatives. Optimized video and vision IP cores support performance exceeding 600 MHz, helping developers meet demanding broadcast and Pro AV requirements.
Agilex portfolio scalability
Combined with a versatile transceiver portfolio and the Agilex® 3 through Agilex 7 FPGA portfolio, Altera enables customers to select the right solution for applications spanning the entire signal chain, from camera to switcher.
Broadcast & Pro AV Applications
The Broadcast and Pro AV market encompasses a wide range of rapidly evolving applications, spanning cameras, displays, and the connectivity, processing, switching, and networking infrastructure between them. These applications require deterministic, low-latency processing of high-quality audio and video. Altera FPGAs help enable solutions across the entire signal chain, from video capture and production to content distribution and consumption.
Video Switcher
Enable seamless video switching, mixing, and real-time processing with low latency and support for multiple video formats.
Camera
Accelerate image signal processing, video capture, and high-resolution imaging with adaptable FPGA-based solutions.
Virtualized Production
Support scalable, IP-based production workflows with real-time video processing and flexible media connectivity.
Professional Cameras
Deliver high-quality imaging with advanced video processing, high-speed interfaces, and flexible camera architectures.
AV Networking
Enable reliable, low-latency audio and video transport across scalable, high-bandwidth IP networks.
4K/8K Projectors
Power immersive, high-resolution display experiences with advanced video scaling, processing, and connectivity.
Video Conferencing
Enhance professional collaboration with real-time video processing, low-latency performance, and reliable connectivity.
Broadcast & Pro AV Technologies
Broadcast, cinema, and Pro AV systems depend on a diverse set of technologies, ranging from legacy connectivity standards to advanced AV processing, compression, and AV-over-IP (AVoIP) solutions. Altera and its ecosystem partners provide comprehensive IP, reference designs, and platform solutions that help customers accelerate innovation, simplify development, and bring products to market faster.
AV over IP
Enable scalable, low-latency media transport over IP networks with flexible FPGA solutions and partner IP supporting modern broadcast workflows.
Connectivity
Support diverse video standards and interfaces, including SDI, HDMI, and Ethernet, with adaptable FPGA technology for evolving AV requirements.
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Common Questions
Choose SDI for established point-to-point video transport and ST 2110 when independently routed media streams over managed IP networks fit the workflow. Compare infrastructure, synchronization, redundancy and operational tooling alongside FPGA interface support.
IPMX specifies interoperable media-over-IP behavior for professional AV systems. FPGA IP can implement the supported transport and processing functions, but an interoperable product also needs the required discovery, control and timing behavior verified across endpoints.
PTP supplies a shared time reference on an appropriately configured network. The design must map that reference into media clocks, timestamps and output timing; having a PTP clock alone does not establish a complete synchronized video pipeline.
Use JPEG XS when reduced transport bandwidth with low coding latency fits the quality and interoperability requirements. Uncompressed video avoids codec processing but needs more link and memory bandwidth; verify the selected codec IP and licensing.
Line-based processing can start before an entire frame arrives when the operations support streaming. Frame synchronization or temporal processing may still require frame storage, so quantify each stage before claiming an end-to-end sub-frame delay.