About TIXEL

TIXEL GmbH

TIXEL is a Thomson spin off founded in 2009 continuing the work on high speed data transfers started in Thomson’s network lab in 2005. Various products derived from the developed technology are available under the TIXstream brand. TIXstream significantly accelerates data-greedy distributed workflows especially in the media and entertainment industry.

TIXEL is a research and engineering driven company. TIXstream technology and its products are continuously improved by a highly experienced team to develop and implement optimal business solutions with great user experience.

TIXEL is the only European vendor of such solutions for WAN transfer in IP networks. The entire TIXstream family development and engineering is done in Hannover.

Investors

hannover innovation fonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)
Hannover Beteiligungsfonds (HBF)

History

Graph showing data rates for DPX transmission with TCP and RWTP - 2007

In November 2007 Thomson Technology successfully demonstrated the world’s first 4K uncompressed real-time wide area transmission. The data was read from a SAN, transmitted over 2000 kilometers of a production network plus 8000 kilometres of emulated line with 0.1 % packet loss, and was finally presented with a 4K projector. While UDP unveiled each packet loss through a disrupted line in the displayed image, RWTP guaranteed a reliable transmission of each and every pixel for a 100% error-free presentation.

In December 2007 the technology went into production for connecting facilities in the L.A. area. Even in this medium distance scenario the time for transmitting a lab roll of 5000 DPX frames in 4K was reduced from 104 to 14 minutes.

Location

You find TIXEL in Hannover, Germany, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 74 at the Weidetor roundabout traffic. Leave the B3 (Messeschnellweg) in direction of Medizinische Hochschule. For further information and route planning please see a detailed description how to reach us.