Elemental Accelerator Release 2.2 for Mac Brings End-to-End GPU Acceleration to the Adobe CS4 Transcoding Pipeline

2010-02-01 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the availability of Elemental™ Accelerator 2.2 for Mac, a significant update to its NVIDIA CUDA™ GPU-accelerated video processing tool for creative professionals. Elemental Accelerator works with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac professional graphics solution to add power and performance to the Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 workflow. With Elemental Accelerator 2.2 for Mac, users have access to a wider array of output options than ever before and can achieve significantly faster transcode speeds with support for GPU-accelerated H.264 and MPEG-2 video decoding, processing and encoding.

Elemental Technologies Positions Itself for Enterprise Growth, Names Daniel Marshall Vice President of Sales

2010-01-06 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the addition of video and broadcast industry veteran Daniel Marshall to its executive team as Vice President of Sales. With more than 25 years experience building and driving sales in the enterprise storage, media and broadcast markets, Marshall brings strong leadership skills to his new role at Elemental Technologies. As Vice President of Sales, Marshall will spearhead development of a global sales team and worldwide sales strategy to drive adoption of Elemental’s enterprise-class video encoding products.

Elemental Announces Support for Microsoft IIS Smooth Streaming

2009-11-17 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced ElementalTM Server’s support for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Smooth Streaming, an adaptive video streaming solution for Microsoft Silverlight-based media players. Elemental Server is the world’s first GPU-accelerated transcoding appliance that performs faster than real time, simultaneous encoding of multiple video files in a single system. With unprecedented transcoding throughput, Elemental Server is ideally suited for producing video content designed for delivery via an adaptive bitrate architecture. Support for IIS Smooth Streaming via Elemental Server will debut in Elemental’s booth 525 at Streaming Media West in San Jose, Calif., November 17-19.

Elemental Technologies Releases Elemental™ Server, Reshapes the Economics of Online Video

2009-11-12 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the release of Elemental™ Server, the world’s first GPU-based transcoding appliance. Elemental Server’s breakthrough technology enables faster than real time, simultaneous encoding of video files targeting the comprehensive specifications required for the three-screen experience of TV, PC and mobile. Delivering high-speed encoding and premium video output using GPUs (graphics processing units), Elemental Server can replace multiple CPU-only solutions for a fraction of the price, ensuring immediate capital and maintenance cost savings. 

Elemental Accelerator Release 2.2 Adds Multi-GPU Support to Further Boost Video Encoding Speed

2009-10-27 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the release of Elemental ™ Accelerator version 2.2, a significant product update that adds support for multiple GPUs, enhancing speed and throughput for video encoding. With this release, Elemental Accelerator also provides expanded support for NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs, making the product available to creative professionals on more platforms than ever before.

Elemental Previews New Video Processing System For Live Video Streaming

2009-10-01 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the technical preview of its newest encoding innovation, enabling broadcasters to stream live video and audio to new media platforms. Elemental™ is partnering with iStreamPlanet, a leading provider of digital media strategy, services and software applications, to demonstrate GPU-powered HD live video streaming for the first time.

Elemental Accelerator Version 2.1 Adds MPEG-2 Support To Speed Video Encoding For Creative Professionals

2009-08-24 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the availability of Elemental™ Accelerator 2.1, an important update to its groundbreaking NVIDIA® CUDA®-architecture based, GPU-accelerated video processing tool for creative professionals.  With Elemental Accelerator 2.1, users now have the ability to create GPU-accelerated MPEG-2 output files and have access to an expanded suite of conforming H.264 presets.

Elemental Names Andy Beach Vice President of Marketing

2009-08-06 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced that the company has named Andy Beach Vice President of Marketing. Beach is a widely recognized expert on digital video technologies with more than ten years of experience as a marketing executive, consultant and interactive agency head.

Elemental Announces Next Generation CUDA GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding Plug-in for Creative Professionals

2009-06-29 - Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the availability of Elemental Accelerator 2.0, the next generation of its groundbreaking CUDA GPU-accelerated video processing tool for creative professionals.  In addition to a new release for the Windows platform, Elemental also today announced the first version of Elemental Accelerator for Mac OS X users.  Elemental Accelerator offers radically faster video processing and H.264 encoding of common video formats to Blu-ray or web-ready output files, letting creative professionals spend more time producing great videos and less time watching progress bars.

Elemental Announces Breakthrough New Video Processing System That Harnesses the Power of GPUs for Encoding and Transcoding

2009-05-20 – Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of massively parallel video processing solutions, today announced the beta release of Elemental Server, the first video processing system based on graphics processing units (GPUs).  By harnessing the power of parallel processors like never before in a server appliance, Elemental Server will enable broadcasters, studios, online video platforms, and major web video publishers to quickly and cost-effectively encode and transcode video for delivery to  consumers wherever they want to watch it-from HDTVs to Web browsers to mobile phones.

TechAmerica Oregon Announces Oregon Technology Awards 2009 Finalists

2009-03-20 – TechAmerica Oregon (formerly the Oregon Council of AeA) announced today the finalists for the 2009 Oregon Technology Awards. This year’s winners will be announced at the Oregon Technology Awards event on May 7, 2009 at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Ore.

Elemental Technologies secures strategic partnership and development agreement with IN-Q-TEL

2009-02-02 – Elemental today announced a strategic partnership and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the CIA and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community.

Elemental Technologies Wins OnMedia 100 Award

2009-01-23 – Elemental has been selected from a competitive pool for the 2009 OnMedia 100 List. The OnMedia 100 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies in media-related fields. Elemental Technologies’ innovative approach to video conversion software using GPU acceleration promises to disrupt existing markets and create new ones, from consumer to enterprise use.

Elemental Technologies Launches a Media Converter

2008-10-22 – Elemental announced today the launch of the Badaboom^TM Media Converter, a dynamic new platform for formatting video files for portable media players.

Elemental Secures Series A Funding

2008-07-17 – Elemental has closed its first round of venture capital financing. Industry leaders General Catalyst Partners of Boston, Massachusetts and Voyager Capital of Seattle, Washington co-led this $7.1M investment.

World's First GPU-Accelerated H.264 Encoder

2008-04-14 – Elemental announced today that its new GPU-accelerated RapiHD^TM H.264/AVC Encoder Plug-in for Adobe® Premiere® Pro offers up to 700 percent better performance than conventional CPU-only solutions. Elemental Technologies will demonstrate the RapiHD™ H.264/AVC Encoder Plug–in at the NAB show in Las Vegas this week, booth SL6528.

Elemental Secures $1.05M Seed Funding

2007-12-14 – Elemental announced today that it successfully secured $1.05M in seed funding. The round was led by the Oregon Angel Fund, with participation from several other Northwest angel investing groups including the Bend Venture Conference and Seattle Alliance of Angels.

Pixelworks invests in Elemental Technologies Inc.

2006-10-16 – Elemental today announced that Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), a leading provider of system-on-chip ICs for the advanced display industry, has agreed to provide seed funding for the company. Elemental Technologies (ETI) is a start-up semiconductor design company founded by three engineers, including Mike West, a Pixelworks co-founder. Elemental is focused on creating a revolutionary network-aware distributed display processing architecture.