BLUEDOT Inc. develops cloud-based video processing and encoding semiconductor IP deployable on FPGAs. Their technology targets the live streaming market, providing high-performance solutions for applications like social video, cloud gaming, and immersive video.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Live streaming and cloud gaming platforms face challenges in delivering high-resolution video due to network bandwidth limitations and the computational demands of low-latency encoding. Existing video codecs often struggle to provide sufficient compression efficiency without sacrificing video quality.
Solution
BLUEDOT provides AI-powered video processing and encoding solutions, delivered as semiconductor IP deployable on FPGAs, that address the challenges of high-quality, low-latency video delivery. Their technology leverages AI to enhance video resolution, optimize compression efficiency, and accelerate encoding performance. By implementing advanced video codecs like AV1 and AVIF and utilizing AI-based pre-processing, BLUEDOT enables service providers to reduce network traffic while maintaining perceptual video quality. The solutions are delivered as software SDKs and hardware IP, allowing for flexible and fast acceleration, and can be easily integrated into existing media frameworks.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes live streaming platforms, cloud gaming providers, content creators, and service providers who require high-performance video processing and encoding solutions.
Features
- AI-based video processing algorithms for noise removal, deblurring, sharpening, upscaling, and image quality improvement
- Optimization of AI inference models for hardware acceleration
- Development of next-generation video/image codecs such as AV1/AVIF for improved compression efficiency and low-latency encoding
- Software SDK and hardware IP delivery for flexible and fast acceleration
- Easy integration into FFmpeg media framework
- FPGA-accelerated AVIF encoder, performing 21 times faster than CPU-based encoders
- AI-powered precoder (Pulsar-PQO) to improve compression efficiency
- Video Quality Metric Measuring Accelerator (Pulsar-VQM)
- AI-powered Video Enhancement and Upscaling (DeepField-SR)