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REVIEW, RETHINK & RESTRUCTURE Lynx Technik’s greenMachine consists of three components: A hardware processing platform; apps that can be mixed, matched and combined to customise and reconfigure greenMachine to suit various applications; and the greenGUI control software application. A new game changer in a green Universe Lynx Technik, a provider of modular interfaces for broadcast and professional AV signal processing applications, has launched its greenMachine concept. With greenMachine, Lynx Technik is offering a new approach to purchasing, upgrading and building a foundation of signal processing solutions for any broadcast or professional video application. Adopting a three-pronged approach to product definition and function, greenMachine, rather than being a fixed application-specific box, is a combination of general purpose hardware, downloadable apps for customisable functionality and control software. First, users select a hardware processing platform (or platforms), which is essentially an inactive signal processing appliance with a variety of I/O connections and internal processing channels. The first in the series of these appliances is the greenMachine Callisto, which was introduced at IBC 2016. A compact, self-contained general purpose A/V processing platform, the two-channel signal processing greenMachine Callisto includes an integrated colour display with an intuitive user interface for local content and signal monitoring. An external primary power supply is included with every greenMachine hardware purchase, and an optional second power supply can be added for redundancy. By the first half of 2017, Callisto will be joined by Callisto IP, Titan and Titan IP. Callisto IP adds video-over-IP and IP functionalities to the Callisto through an additional Ethernet port for dedicated video-over-IP connectivity, and will also include H.264 processing hardware acceleration. Bearing the same footprint as Callisto (1/2 RU), Titan is a four-channel signal processing appliance that adds an additional two 3G processing channels to the greenMachine hardware. 4K/Ultra HD (UHD)compatible, Titan offers four 3G-SDI Introduced at IBC 2016, Callisto is the first in a series of greenMachine signal processing appliances offering a variety of I/O connections and internal processing channels. systems integration 2016 17 review, rethink & restructure inputs and outputs for 4K/UHD connectivity, as well as a 12G-SDI input and output connectivity. Like Callisto IP, Titan includes video-over-IP and IP functionalities through an additional 10G Ethernet port. Similar to Callisto IP, users would be offered a dedicated H.264 processing hardware acceleration function. Basic greenMachine hardware does not