Kalray Smart Storage Acceleration Card K200-LP Integrated Into Pixstor SDS Solution From Pixitmedia

Kalray, Inc. announced the outcome of the synergetic combination of its DPU (Data Processing Unit) processor-based acceleration card K200-LP with newly acquired software-defined storage and data management solutions provider Pixitmedia Ltd. ⁽¹⁾, a division of Arcapix Holdings Ltd. dedicated to the M&E markets.

The launch of this joint product comes just months after Kalray’s acquisition of Arcapix Holdings Ltd and this product will be showcased at Flash Memory Summit in USA in August.

Acceleration cards and DPUs: Heart of Pixitmedia SDS and data management solutions

M&E customers are amongst the most demanding in terms of data storage and data management. The pixstor and ngenea products are deployed by film studios, broadcasters, post-production houses and VFX studios, all of whom derive value from the way in which pixitmedia puts the creative user in control of their data. Performance, security compliance and flexibility in choice of deployment in a hybrid, multi-cloud world are all a given, but it’s the smart integration with the customer’s workflow and creative pipeline management tools that elevates pixitmedia’s storage credentials.

Just a few months after the company’s acquisition of Arcapix Holdings, the company and Pixitmedia have combined their technologies to offer a new version of pixstor and ngenea capable of leveraging the K200-LP card. This combination of software and hardware offers perspectives in terms of performance, power consumption, flexibility and, ease of use for pixitmedia’s customers in the M&E industry.

K200-LP developed for performance storage and next generation of data management solutions
K200-LP is a solution for storage appliance makers and cloud service providers, to build their next gen of storage appliances in terms of performance per watt per dollar.

Leveraging the company’s MPPA DPU, a generation of performance processors tailored to process data-intensive applications, the K200-LP can be programmed to accelerate rich and demanding data services.

M&E applications require efficient storage and data management solutions while offering a unified, easy to use, collaborative environment for the content creators. In this context, the K200-LP card offers opportunities to improve each step within the typical content workflow .

“With the K200-LP , we’re able to both consolidate and turbo-charge many of our existing storage-related functions and features that will help us offer even more efficient solutions to our customers. We look forward to exploiting the full power of our MPPA DPU-based acceleration cards in the future within pixstor and ngenea, be it for accelerating our ability to help customers realize the full value of their existing content with machine learning in pixstor, or reducing the time it takes to shares assets globally with ngenea”, said Barry Evans, CTO, storage business, Kalray, and co-founder, Pixitmedia.

The K200-LP as well as Pixitmedia DPU-empowered solution will be showcased at Flash Memory Summit, from August 2 to 4, 2022, at Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, USA.

Acceleration market penetration of acceleration cards
One of the acquisition goals of Arcapix Holdings, of which pixitmedia is part, by the company was to increase growth opportunities, accelerate the commercialization of its technology and products, and leverage cross-selling opportunities. pixitmedia now gives access to new markets opportunities for the firm, including one of the most demanding and data-intensive industries, M&E.

The integration of the company’s cards into pixitmedia’s servers will contribute to accelerate the firm’s time-to-market on this specific market.

Eric Baissus, president and CEO, Kalray, said: “The synergy with Arcapix is now a reality that customers can experience! We are proud to have a combined solution ready just a few months after the acquisition. It shows both the complementarity of our offering and the unique collaborative mindset that we managed to instill within our company.”

⁽¹⁾ pixitmedia is the dedicated division for M&E markets of Arcapix Holdings Ltd, acquired by Kalray. See press release on March 3, 2022.