SOLUTION BRIEF

Supermicro GPU Edge Infrastructure Solution

Executive Summary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Cloud Gaming as-a-service and Cross-Media Integration . . . . . . 2
Case Study “Cliq - best of alles” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Radian Arc GPU Edge Infrastructure Solution Overview . . . . . . . 6
Why Supermicro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The advance of Cloud Gaming technology has removed all
hardware barriers preventing video games from being played by
the broadest audience. Dedicated video game consoles or PCs
are no longer needed, and the on-screen experience (whether
sports, movies, TV shows, or documentaries) can now be
expanded upon with an interactive gaming experience at thesimple push of a button.

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9© 2023 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

In partnership with Supermicro and Radian Arc, Blacknut
recently announced the launch of a cross-media entertainment
offering bringing together a cloud Gaming-as-a-Service solution,
bundled and fully managed game licensing, in-depth content
metadata, and a global hybrid cloud solution, all within acomprehensive package:• Turnkey cloud gaming service (integrable as an App or
through an SDK);• A catalog of 600+ premium games from major publishers
and studios working with movie IPs;

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SUPERMICROAs a global leader in high performance, high efficiency data
center technology and innovation, we develop and provide
end-to-end green computing solutions to the data center,cloud computing, enterprise IT, big data, HPC, and embeddedmarkets. Our Building Block Solutions® approach allows us toprovide a broad range of SKUs, and enables us to build anddeliver application-optimized solutions based upon yourrequirements.

• Expansive Metadata and APIs to quickly cross-integratewith existing media catalogs;• Hybrid cloud infrastructure with more than 23 local
Points Of Presence (POP) across all five continents;
This turnkey solution allows media companies to easily
integrate cloud gaming within over-the-top (OTT) andsubscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms to deliver
new cross-media experiences to their subscribers.

Cloud Gaming-as-a-Service and Cross-Media Integration
The impact of technology on cross-media content
Cross-media entertainment is not a recent phenomenon; for the past 150 years, technologies like the phonograph, radio
broadcasting, cinema, televisions, and personal computers have contributed to the development and extension of originalcontent from one medium to another.
Thanks to the democratization of video gaming and the increased sharing of original IPs across industries, playing video gaming
is no longer perceived as a marginal form of entertainment, or reserved for a small sub-group of tech fans. In fact, with manygaming IPs having grown to become a ubiquitous part of pop culture, and the creative IPs from video games now seen in thesame vein as original novels or movies, the boundaries between target user groups have all been removed.
Similar to how past technology breakthroughs shaped the way we collectively interact with content today, cloud gaming is thetechnological revolution within the cross-media entertainment landscape which will open up gaming content to all existing
media platforms.
Cross-Media Cloud-Gaming Solution
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Benefits of adding cloud gaming to existing media platforms

Interactive entertainment and Game streaming, in particular, have been identified as “the next big thing” in revenue growth,
Newzoo forecasted that over 30 million paying users spent a combined $2.4 billion on cloud gaming services in 2022,1 withexpected revenues to grow to $8.2 billion by 2025.
SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) platforms are investing in movies and TV shows based on gaming IPs in a bid to attract
and retain new gaming centric users and, in some cases, even directly publishing games based on popular internal IPs.
Gen Z consumers spend an average of just over 12 hours per week on video games2, surpassing TV by approximately half anhour. The only media platform that accounts for higher hours per week is social media. The difference between Gen Z and otherconsumers in terms of time spent with video games and virtual worlds is not so stark, suggesting that every generation is leaning
toward the more immersive platform, especially as more types of entertainment are getting folded in.

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April 20232Catering to gaming and IPs fans, old and new, is a proven strategy to increase time and attention from subscribers and help injustifying ever increasing costs and subscription fees.
For content distributors, like ISPs, device manufacturers, OTT services, and Media companies, Cloud Gaming is an
opportunity to provide their subscribers with interactive features and access to a whole new media catalog previously lockedaway behind a hardware wall. By providing additional content verticals to a single content platform, users’ fidelity and timespent within the platform will be increased.
For the Gaming Industry and game publishers, this is an opportunity to have a whole new population of gamers discover, orre-discover, games based around an IP or universe they might not have known existed or were unable to previously accessbecause of the prerequisite hardware needed to run them.
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Driving usage and user engagement with cross media experience.

The expansive metadata dataset available through the Blacknut API enables the close integration of game IPs and universeswith existing media ecosystems and recommendations algorithms.
Linking video games with media leverages the continuous growth in casual gamers with the universe or content they might befond of.
For content distributors, like ISPs, device manufacturers, OTT services, and Media companies, an all-in-one media ecosystem
encourages the cross-pollination of users between cloud gaming and traditional media catalogs of relevant shows and movies.
Users can switch between forms of entertainment seamlessly without leaving their platform of choice.
As cross-media works both ways, video and gaming content can be advertised to subscribers, surfacing content they might beunaware of and incentivizing them to remain within the ecosystem.

Figure 1: Illustration of cross-media integration and content suggestion between movies and video-games interface© 2023 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

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Case Study: “Cliq – best of alles”
Cliq is the new flagship streaming service from CLIQ Digital for the German market.
About CLIQ Digital
Founded in 2005, CLIQ Digital specializes in online advertising and streaming services that are advertised towards specificconsumer groups. Starting with the licensing and selling of single-category content services, CLIQ released its first all-in-one
streaming service in 2019 and its flagship direct-to-consumer streaming service, with movies and series, music, audiobooks,sports, and cloud gaming in 2022. The company is headquartered in Germany and currently has around 1.8 million paid
memberships on numerous streaming services across 30+ countries.
Product Vision
The ever increasing demand of the last few years has shown that streaming content is here to stay, but a scattered market
quickly resulted in a streaming service overload, leaving consumers feeling overwhelmed by the ever-increasing number ofcontent-specific platforms and rising costs.
CLIQ Digital believes that streaming content should be accessible to everyone and that simplicity means one service, one priceand one login that goes beyond one content category and profiles. To offer an all-in-one cross-media service containing movies
and series, music, audiobooks, sports, and games, CLIQ Digital chose Blacknut’s turnkey solution to handle the cloud gaming
portion.

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Technical Implementation
Using Blacknut’s APIs, CLIQ Digital incorporates videogames metadata into its CLIQ Tech Hub™, where they store, bundle, andcurate digital content. Proprietary data-driven marketing and business knowledge are then combined inside the digital content
warehouse, which will ultimately drive the streaming service end-user experience through the Radian Arc GPU Edge IaaS
platform powered by Supermicro GPU Edge Infrastructure solution.

Figure 3: Implementation of Blacknut cloud Gaming-as-a-Service within Cliq – best of alles (Image Courtesy Blacknut)

The Cliq Streaming Service allows users to play on a large variety of devices, including Android Mobile and TV, Webapp for iOS,
Windows, and MacOS computers, Web Browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox), FireOS, and Samsung Tizen.
Project Key facts
At the end of 2022, CLIQ Digital launched its mass-market all-in-one streaming service for the German market: Cliq. The service
offers unlimited access and bundles five different types of streaming content: movies and series, music, sports, audiobooks,and more than 600+ Console quality grade games. The subscription fee for the service is €6.99 per month with a free trial periodof 30 days.
The work done in conjunction with Cliq’s technical team positions Radian Arc IaaS and Blacknut GaaS platforms for cross-media
integration immediately.

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Radian Arc GPU Edge Infrastructure Solution Overview (powered by Supermicro)

SUPERMICRO BASED PURPOSE-BUILT, FLEXIBLE
AND MASSIVELY-SCALABLE GPU EDGEINFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION

AS-4124GS-TNR

Flexible GPU Server with directly attached 6-8 GPUs with dualroot balance architecture, and titanium-grade efficient
redundant power supplies, supports double AMD EPYC™
7003/7002 Series Processors, and 8TB Registered ECC DDR43200MHz SDRAM in 32 DIMMs

Compelling 5Gapplications

SSE-x3548S

Industry leading feature-rich and cost optimized ToR Switch,
48x 10Gbps Ethernet ports, 6x 100Gbps Ethernet ports,
Switching Capacity: 2.1 Tb© 2023 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved

Marketing solutions todrive revenue from the5G applications•Radian Arc is a provider of cloud gaming technology
through proprietary GPU Edge infrastructure deployed totelecommunications, cable networks, and gamepublishers.

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Radian Arc offers an out-of-the-box white-label solution fortelco and cable companies who want to offer cloud gaming
services to their customers.

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Radian Arc can deliver cloud gaming in any region of theworld when integrating their GPU Edge cloud gaming
technology with your network.

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Radian Arc technology stack provides additionalmonetization and utilization of 5G and cable networks froman active and lucrative audience: gamers.

•Subscription-based cloud gaming services, powered by
Radian Arc, can increase retention and revenue of yourexisting network.

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Radian Arc’s new container based solution offers massive
scalability and support for metaverse applications.

•Radian Arc sees cloud gaming as the tip of the spear,
leading to more monetization opportunities withapplications beyond gaming: AI, IoT, smart home, smart
city, and more.

AS-1114CS-TNR

Cloud optimized and scalable Management Server withflexible advanced I/O and storage configuration, supports
single AMD EPYC™ 7002/7003 Series Processor, and 16 DIMMs;
up to 4TB 3DS ECC DDR4-3200MHz RDIMM/LRDIMM

No CAPEX investment
to have the latest GPUtechnology andSupermicro servers

April 20236Why SupermicroSupermicro offers the industry’s broadest portfolio of cloud-optimized game servers to support the highest density of gaming
CCU’s (concurrent users), high I/O throughput, and open management. To manage mission-critical game servers in the cloud,the Supermicro CloudDC product line offers the industry's broadest portfolio of servers optimized for ultimate scalability andflexibility with advanced I/O features, innovative tool-less designs, and open architecture. Supermicro’s cost optimized andfeature rich line of ToR networking switches stitches everything together effortlessly at the GPU Edge.
Supermicro products are assembled and tested at production facilities in the USA. For EMEA and APAC companies, Supermicrobuilds products at production facilities in the Netherlands and Taiwan. Now, media and entertainment companies worldwide
can depend on Total IT-Solution from Supermicro to accelerate their unique workloads and services.
“Supermicro’s scalable servers offer the highest density of gaming CCUs, providing Radian Arc with the ideal platform to power
our GPU edge technology solutions and deliver unparalleled gaming experiences to our customers,” David Cook, CEO, of RadianArc.
“We are thrilled to finally announce the general release of our GaaS cross-media solution, which was the fruit of more than twoyears of behind-the-scenes labour with our clients, content, and infrastructure partners.” Said Olivier Avaro, CEO, Blacknut.
“This is an important milestone for the company, not only for being live with CLIQ Digital, a major media industry player, butalso because our partnership with Radian Arc and Supermicro enables us to immediately address a global market, with theability to scale massively in line with our business requirements.”© 2023 Copyright Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reservedApril 2023

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Blacknut’s cloud Gaming-as-a-Service platform combined with Radian Arc’s GPU Edge Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform
powered by Supermicro GPU Edge Infrastructure solution offers a flexible turnkey solution to add gaming content easily andquickly to existing platforms. The solution enables common target groups to interact with all the available content they might
be interested in without the need to leave the platform or subscribe to third party services.
Cloud Gaming Service: Service providers can launch cloud gaming services or activate gaming content with Blacknut andRadian Arc.
Games: In addition to a licensed catalog of 600+ AAA to Indie games, Blacknut also provides the following white glove services:••••

Onboard games wish lists and help negotiate exclusive agreements with publishers
Support “Bring Your Own Game” (BYOG) and Freemium Game models
Assist in developing IP-licensed games in partnership with specialized studios like Gameloft, Outright, and others
Specialized internal Marketing Agency team to support go-to-market plan and manage subscribers' engagement, aswell as a complete assets library and editorialized content.

Infrastructure: Radian Arc’s proprietary infrastructure is scalable and cost-efficient with the following:•••••

Integrated with Blacknut’s Public and Private – Hybrid - Cloud Environment.
Supermicro purpose-built, flexible, and massively scalable GPU Edge Infrastructure Solution
Optimized with Netint high-density container-based solution
Support for Windows, Linux, and Android games
Optimized to support 5G slicing with Ericsson and Quality on Demand (QoD) APIs

The platform is live in 45 countries, with distribution partnerships signed with OTT providers such as CLIQ Digital, and carriers
such as STC (Saudi Telecommunication Company) Group, Bridge Alliance, CKH Group, or M1. It is also pre-embedded in set-topboxes and TV ecosystems such as the Samsung Gaming Hub, the LG Gaming Shelf, and Amazon FireTV.

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References
To learn more about Supermicro GPU Edge Infrastructure options, please visit:
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GPU Accelerated Servers for AI, ML, and HPC | Supermicro
4124GS-TNR | 4U | A+ Servers | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.
CloudDC | Supermicro
1114CS-TNR | 1U | A+ Servers | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Networking Products for Enterprise, Data Centers, HPC|Supermicro
SSE-X3548S | Supermicro Layer 3 Ethernet Networking SwitchTo learn more about Blacknut and Radian Arc’s cloud gaming solution, visit www.blacknut.com and www.radianarc.io.

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