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Macnica at IBC2026
- 10 September, 2026
Bringing 32-Channel Hardware ST 2110 and Zero-Copy Media Pipelines to Linux Servers...
Developers no longer trade channel count for host resources as Macnica's MEP100 SmartNIC and M2S SDK
put ST 2110 transport, timing and redundancy in hardware on standard Linux servers,
with up to 32 uncompressed HD flows in each direction.
USA: At IBC2026, Macnica will demonstrate how an open development philosophy, expanded Linux support and mature software and hardware platforms are making SMPTE ST 2110 product development more accessible while helping manufacturers accelerate time to market. Through its MEP100 SmartNIC, M2S Media Streaming SDK and growing ecosystem of technology partners, Macnica enables developers to build interoperable IP media products on the operating system and computing platform that best aligns with their engineering strategy.
Macnica continues to expand an ecosystem built around open standards, interoperable technologies and familiar software tools. At IBC2026, Macnica will showcase expanded support for Linux alongside its established macOS development environments, giving customers greater freedom to develop, deploy
and scale IP-based media solutions across a broad range of production and broadcast workflows.
"One of our primary goals is helping developers to get to their solution faster and easier," said
Dwayne Lachance, Product Manager, Macnica. "A developer building a multi-channel product on Linux
shouldn't have to spend a year building an ST 2110 stack, only to find it consumes the server it runs on.
We put the transport in hardware so the host stays free for their application, not our transport."
Linux is where software-defined production is being built, and it is where the GPU compute stack lives.
On a standard Linux server, a single MEP100 handles up to 32 uncompressed HD flows in each direction
over dual 100GbE with PTP, ST 2110-21 pacing and ST 2022-7 hitless protection executed in hardware.
Zero-copy DMA over PCIe keeps frames out of intermediate buffers, and NVIDIA GPUDirect delivers them
directly into GPU memory. The result is a high channel count at a low cost per channel, with host CPU
and GPU resources left free for the inference, analytics and rendering that differentiate a product
rather than consumed by moving media around.
At the core of this strategy is Macnica's MEP100 SmartNIC, which provides hardware-accelerated SMPTE ST 2110 media transport with deterministic, ultra-low-latency performance, together with the company's M2S Media Streaming SDK, which simplifies software development through familiar APIs and an application-centric programming model. Together, these technologies allow manufacturers to accelerate development while maintaining interoperability with open standards and modern IP media ecosystems.
Accelerating time to market extends beyond software. Through collaborations with companies including
Advantech, Macnica is helping customers deploy validated hardware platforms optimized for the
MEP100 SmartNIC, giving manufacturers a proven foundation that reduces integration effort and
allows engineering teams to focus on product innovation rather than infrastructure validation.
Macnica's IBC demonstrations at Stand 7.C07 in the RAI Amsterdam (September 11-14) will reinforce
that philosophy through partner integrations spanning the complete media workflow. Visitors will see
technologies from wTVision and Softron operating within interoperable ST 2110 environments,
illustrating how graphics generation, channel playout and media distribution can be developed
across Linux and macOS using open standards and shared IP infrastructure.
"The companies that succeed will be the ones that can innovate quickly without sacrificing interoperability or reliability," said Lachance. "We're building tools that let developers work where they're most productive while giving them confidence that what they build will perform in the real world."
Macnica is a global technology solutions provider specializing in semiconductors, networking,
and IP-based media infrastructure. Through platforms like the MEP100, Macnica enables
next-generation media workflows built on ST 2110 and related standards.
