Dynatrace
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In 2009, the purveyor of online videos migrated to AWS cloud infrastructure to deliver its entertainment to a growing audience. It created more uncertainty than the load balancing issues the entertainment firm saw in its data centers. But the cloud brought new complexities, such as increasing connections and dependencies.
The Netflix TechBlog
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Hardware video decoders need to know in advance the resolution and bit depth of the video streams to allocate their decoding buffers. Many other elements of signaling are provided in our packaged content to enable the viewing to start as quickly as possible and in the best possible conditions. That is where standards play a key role.
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O'Reilly
JANUARY 16, 2024
I’m personally interested in this topic since I am a professor who researches human-computer interaction, user experience design, and cognitive science , so AI voice interfaces are fascinating to me. I’ve recently been brainstorming ideas for how to design such a system and how to deal with the practical challenges of scaling and maintenance.
The Netflix TechBlog
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Rendering is the final step in the VFX creation process, and processing on a render farm often can take several hours to complete just a single frame of a show, even when this process runs on the latest high-end hardware. This ultimately results in more compelling entertainment for Netflix members.
All Things Distributed
JULY 13, 2010
Cluster Computer Instances for Amazon EC2 are a new instance type specifically designed for High Performance Computing applications. Other industries using Amazon EC2 for HPC-style workloads include pharmaceuticals, oil exploration, industrial and automotive design, media and entertainment, and more. until today. Recent Entries.
The Netflix TechBlog
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
entertainment?—?and Before designing a solution it’s important to understand the main product requirements for such a feature: The content needs to be new, relevant, and regional (not all countries have the same catalogue). In some cases, like the homepage, this even involves providing appropriate imagery (e.g.,
The Morning Paper
NOVEMBER 10, 2019
It’s been clear for a while that software designed explicitly for the data center environment will increasingly want/need to make different design trade-offs to e.g. general-purpose systems software that you might install on your own machines. But wow, I didn’t think we’d be at the point yet where we’d be abandoning TCP/IP!
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