The X500E, enables IP live streaming of broadcast-quality UHD video and is expected to be available for worldwide distribution in late July.
The X500E has been developed jointly with XVTEC of Israel, and is equipped with Socionext’s high-performance codec IC, the SC2M50, integrated into a compact case. The unit is designed to simplify the development of various video content distribution environments.
The X500E generates IP streams of broadcast-quality UHD video with HEVC/H.265 encoding, and consumes only 20W with the process under standard usage conditions.
It also features low latency, as little as less than 50ms, making it suitable for use in various video distribution applications including electronic news gathering and live streaming of sporting and other events.
Socionext said that it also expects the X500E to be utilised for emerging applications such as high-definition video capture from surveillance camera and transmission of medical video images.
Socionext is taking orders and said that shipping will start at the end of July, 2019.
