A media service network is a network through which a wide range of media services are provided by application programs controlling media resource functions on a media server. Intel offers a wide spectrum of standards-based technologies that facilitate the building of flexible, high-performance, low-cost media servers that can be deployed in the circuit-switched, pure-IP and next-generation converged networks.

We have seen that Intel NetStructure^® Host Media Processing Software is a feature-rich platform, requiring no special-purpose hardware, on which a wide variety of media applications can be developed for the next generation of IP-based networks. Utilizing industry standards and the popular Windows* and Linux* operating systems, HMP software-based solutions can be built with a significantly lower total cost of ownership and shorter time to market than proprietary hardware-based solutions. We walked through a simple example of how the high-level abstractions provided by the APIs in Intel NetStructure Host Media Processing Software make application development straightforward.

We demonstrated how low-level building blocks like Intel IPP make Intel Architecture processors capable of functionality previously reserved for special-purpose DSPs. The popular Intel Architecture processors provide a cost-effective infrastructure for media signal processing that is high in performance as well as economical.

Tools such as the VTune^™ Performance Analyzer, the Intel C++ compiler, and Intel IPP enable software technologies, including Intel NetStructure Host Media Processing Software, to get the absolute highest performance from the hardware platform.

Leading the advances in technologies such as multi-core, I/O acceleration, virtualization, power management, and security, Intel promises to continue providing technologies and platforms that enable cutting-edge media services.