Product Description
Harmonic PRM-9100-CHS-ACB Video Stream Processor and Transcoder
Description:
The Harmonic ProStream 9100 (Chassis Part Number: PRM-9100-CHS-ACB) is a compact, high-density 1-RU video stream processor and transcoder designed for advanced digital broadcast, cable delivery, and multiscreen/OTT distribution.
Installed
- DVB-ASI card is included
- 4-Port ASI Input/Output Module
Key Specifications
- Port Density: Features 4 physical BNC ports (75 Ω) per module.
- Scalability: A single chassis can scale from 4 to 20 total ASI ports by installing up to 5 cards.
- Port Flexibility: Each individual port is software-configurable to act as either an input or an output
- Input Throughput: Supports data processing up to 210 Mbps per input port.
- Output Throughput: Supports data processing up to 187 Mbps per output port.
- MPEG Format compatibility: Handles standard 188/204 byte packets for both Single Program Transport Streams (SPTS) and Multi-Program Transport Streams (MPTS)
Gigabit Ethernet I/O module (Model: PRM-1K-IOM-GBE-0003)
Core Applications
- Scrambling: Supports native DVB-CSA and IPTV AES scrambling workflows directly across the ASI line.
- Remultiplexing: Facilitates any-to-any service routing between physical ASI ports and Gigabit Ethernet IP sockets.
- Mirroring: Enables seamless transport stream mirroring from ASI-to-IP or ASI-to-ASI configurations.
- The base chassis of the Harmonic ProStream 9100 does not utilize traditional system RAM (like DDR3 or DDR4 DIMMs) found in standard x86 servers.
Instead, the basic unit's hardware architecture relies entirely on embedded TriMatrix memory blocks integrated directly inside its host Altera Stratix FPGAs.
How Memory is Handled in the Basic Unit
· No Central RAM Operating System: Because the ProStream 9100 is a dedicated ASIC/FPGA hardware appliance rather than a software-based server, it does not feature an operating system that requires gigabytes of volatile system memory.
· On-Chip FPGA Memory: The system-level tasks (multiplexing, PID mapping, and scrambling) are entirely driven by the hardware gates and internal block memory of the onboard Altera Stratix processors. This provides ultra-low latency memory access measured in kilobytes or megabytes rather than gigabytes.
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