Atomos宣布在Cine Gear 2019正式发布的NEON全系列电影监视器/录机都能升级8K 60 fps ProRes和ProRes RAW录制功能。

“新推出的NEON系列电影监视器/录机录制的8K ProRes RAW画质令人震惊，它的细节令人不敢相信自己的眼睛。充足的分辨率提供了4K和6K重新构图的可能。能够录制来自影像传感器的原始RAW数据，使得ProRes RAW成为HDR工作流程最理想的素材格式。”——Atomos CEO Jeromy Young。

Apple Afterburner

该公告与新款Apple Mac Pro同时发布，他们还提到了Afterburner，一种加速卡，可以同时播放三组8K ProRes RAW视频。

Afterburner加速卡采用可编程的ASIC，每秒钟能解码63亿个像素。有了Afterburner，再也不需要代理工作流程了。可直接编辑原始素材，利用新Mac Pro实时同步解码3路8K或12路4K ProRes RAW视频。Apple在发布会上并未透露Afterburner加速卡的价格。

图：新发布的Mac Pro和Pro Display XDR显示器

Atomos 8K主控单元

Atomos表示NEON系列具有前瞻性，因为它创新地采用了主控单元（MCU）方案。MCU是一种可以替换的“大脑”，现在它为NEON带来4K录制能力，等到未来出现新的主流技术或功能，MCU还可以升级。NEON的MCU兼容AtomX扩展模块，除了NEON自带的HDMI，还提供SDI和NDI连接能力。

录制8K，首先要将NEON出厂标配升级成8K版主控单元。

英文原文如下：Atomos announces 8K ProRes RAW Upgrade for NEON Monitor-Recorders

Atomos has just announced that the Neon cinema series of monitor-recorders announced at Cine Gear 2019 can be upgraded to record 8K video up to 60 fps in both ProRes & ProRes RAW.

We are blown away by the 8K ProRes RAW video recorded with the new Neon Cinema Series monitor-recorder. The detail is incredible, with enough resolution to reframe for 4K and 6K and even enable virtual multi-camera angles from one shot. And the RAW camera sensor data available makes ProRes RAW the ideal format for HDR workflows. ——Jeromy Young, Atomos CEO.

Apple Afterburner

The announcement is timed with the new Apple Mac Pro where they also mentioned the Afterburner, an accelerator card that enables playback of three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video simultaneously.

The Afterburner features a programmable ASIC capable of decoding up to 6.3 billion pixels per second. With Afterburner, video editors using high-quality cameras that require the conversion of native file formats into proxies for easy editing can now use native formats right from the camera and decode up to three streams of 8K ProRes RAW video and 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW video in real time. No word on how much the Afterburner will cost.

8K Master Control Unit

Atomos says that the NEON range is future-proofed because of the innovative Master Control Unit. The Master Control Unit is a replaceable brain that allows the out-of-the-box 4K capture capability to be upgraded later as newer functionality and technology becomes mainstream. The Master Control Unit is also compatible with the AtomX expansion modules that provide SDI and NDI connectivity on top of the standard HDMI connectivity that comes with Neon.

The 8K Master Control Unit Upgrade will be required to record 8K.