SDVoE Alliance highlights medical and esports 10G AV innovation at InfoComm

The convergence of zero-latency 10G transport with legacy 1G and H.26x streams marks a significant shift toward hybrid infrastructure. By integrating USB 2.0 and uncompressed 4K60 video into single-chip solutions, the alliance is narrowing the gap between specialized medical/esports hardware and standard IT management. This ecosystem evolution challenges proprietary AVoIP protocols by offering validated interoperability and a unified software-defined management plane. Industry stakeholders should watch for adoption rates of the 'Power of 10' initiative as facilities transition from point-to-point extenders to fully networked 10G Ethernet fabrics.

The SDVoE Alliance's focus on 10G performance at InfoComm 2026 comes amid a shifting landscape for open standards in professional AV. Per rAVe [PUBS] in June 2026, the industry is increasingly divided between the high-bandwidth, sub-frame latency specialized sectors occupied by SDVoE and the growing broader market for IPMX (Internet Protocol Media Experience). IPMX, which was officially launched as a certified standard at ISE 2026 earlier that February, targets corporate and education environments by running on existing 1GbE infrastructure using JPEG-XS compression. While SDVoE dominates mission-critical installations like operating rooms, it leads a fragmented market where NDI remains the most deployed protocol by volume with over 770 products, per RH Consulting data from May 2026.

Technological advancement within the SDVoE ecosystem has shifted toward simplifying complex deployments. Semtech's UEX series, released in March 2025 and featured prominently in 2026, addresses a long-standing bottleneck in Pro AV by handling USB protocol timing at the chip level rather than simply amplifying signals. This allows peripherals like 4K cameras and KVM devices to operate over IP networks at distances up to 100 meters without specialized drivers, according to Semtech technical briefs from April 2026. Simultaneously, the SDVoE Alliance has expanded its API to support AI-assisted workflows. Per an alliance announcement in May 2026, the new API capabilities allow integrators to use natural-language prompts for configuring complex video walls and troubleshooting network endpoints, aimed at reducing the specialized programming expertise traditionally required for 10G AVoIP deployments.