Elemental Technologies
Massively parallel, GPU-accelerated video processing software
Elemental Technologies is the leading provider of massively parallel processing solutions for video applications. The company’s mission is to harness the power and capabilities of general purpose, massively parallel graphics hardware to create the fastest and highest-quality video processing solutions available.
As video becomes increasingly ubiquitous, users are challenged to process and convert video from one format to another in a timely manner without compromising system efficiency – video processing and conversion tasks require tremendous amounts of computing horsepower. Elemental’s core technology, the RapiHD™ Video Platform, dramatically accelerates computationally intensive video processing operations by tapping the unused power and bandwidth of low cost, off-the-shelf graphics processing units (GPUs) while simultaneously freeing central processing unit (CPU) resources for other tasks. This unique approach not only puts idle GPU resources to work to achieve unprecedented video processing performance, it eliminates the CPU bottleneck and allows system resources to be used more fully and efficiently. In addition, the RapiHD™ software architecture is extensible and flexible, offering support for a wide variety of video formats, playback devices and operating systems.
Founded in 2006, Elemental Technologies is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The management team possesses deep knowledge of video algorithms and has extensive experience with embedded systems. In-Q-Tel initially invested in Elemental Technologies in October 2008. To learn more about Elemental, please visit www.elementaltechnologies.com.
Technology Focus Areas
- Physical and Biological Technologies
- Security
- Software and Infrastructure
