https://www.yashchudasama.com/tags/mcu/ Recent content in MCU on Yash Chudasama Hugo en Copyright © 2026, Yash Chudasama; all rights reserved. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.yashchudasama.com/blog/tech/sfu-vs-mcu-architecture/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.yashchudasama.com/blog/tech/sfu-vs-mcu-architecture/ The first architecture decision in any real-time video system is the one that defines everything after it: SFU or MCU? Get it wrong and you’re rebuilding six months later. Get it right and your system scales naturally. Having built media infrastructure that handles thousands of concurrent sessions, I want to share the decision framework I use — not the textbook version, but the one shaped by production pain. The Fundamentals Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) An SFU receives media streams from each participant and forwards them to everyone else.