FB is implementing ASIC accelerators in its datacenter to support video transcode workload. In this talk, we will provide a hardware and software overview of the system and components used, including ASIC introduction and module, server configuration. Our Video Transcode platform leverages the widely deployed Yosemite V2 system, where we are able to install 12 ASIC modules that provides a large performance and efficiency win comparing to a standard general-purpose compute server system. Finally, we will provide an overview of the video application and how this accelerator will be used in datacenter.
Hao is hardware engineer at Facebook working on AI platform. His focus is on AI Hardware System, Accelerator enablement and large scale datacenter solution.