Compression enters the high-performance era

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Delivering new methods and codecs for working with large-scale data, particularly VR and HDR, is high priority for the media and entertainment industry.

The sheer volume and complexity of video coming down the track, not least with the imminent opportunity of super-speed 5G mobile networks, makes efficient data processing essential if live-streamed VR and other ultra-resolution low latency media applications are to fly.

Arguably, standards bodies like MPEG have never been busier. The 30-year old institution has drafted and released an average of six standards a year since launch and it only succeeds for the industry if it stays way ahead of the game.

Ericsson Media Solutions’ Principle Technologist Tony Jones, says: “Compression efficiency is one of the…

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