So for those of you with space-constrained tech cores or already-stuffed mobile units, the FR2 can be a godsend. For now, let’s run through some of the major features of this new platform.įor starters, Ultrix Carbonite SDPE blades can be mounted in either the FR2 (2RU) or FR5 (5RU) Ultrix frames. And down the road, that’s going to open up some very interesting and exciting opportunities but more about that later. To be sure, Ultrix Acuity requires a CPU card that isn’t needed in Ultrix Carbonite, but the SDPE blade itself is exactly the same. Ultrix Carboniteįirst off, let’s be perfectly clear: the SDPE blade in Ultrix Carbonite is identical to the one used in Ultrix Acuity – no differences whatsoever. Let’s take a deeper dive into Ultrix Carbonite. With enhanced new features, the ability to accommodate differing connection schemes and signal formats, and legendary Carbonite ease of use, the world’s most popular mid-size production platform just got better. Well, guess what? We’ve already got something new for you: Ultrix Carbonite, the next-generation production powerhouse based on the SDPE hardware blade. In that article, I also mentioned that this innovative hardware board could be repurposed to add features and create exciting new products. In my last post, I wrote about SDPE, the Software-Defined Production Engine that is at the heart of our Ultrix Acuity hyper-converged production platform. (If you’ve never heard of that tune, ask Siri to play it for you.) But even a recovering geek like myself can see that like the song says, The Times They Are A-Changin’.
And despite the unrelenting march of progress, to a greater or lesser degree, that’s still mostly the case in our modern, multi-tasking, digitally-assisted world. I know that I never really thought about whether my production switcher could become a multi-channel image processor or high-end chroma keyer, and I’m betting that most of my peers didn’t either. The production switcher cut the shows, the router shipped signals around the facility and the CG did… well, the CG thing. Back then, we mostly worked on “purpose-built” devices in other words, hardware that was specifically designed for one thing only. But even if you do still remember the days of standalone DVEs, you probably never thought much about the core functionality of all those ancient machines. If those words and phrases sound as foreign to you as SCRUM does to me (and for all you rugby fans, it’s not what you think) skip down to the next paragraph.
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