By Darren Allan
AMD has unveiled its new FirePro S-Series video cards, which it notes are a “world first” in terms of graphics technology, being virtualised GPUs boasting multi-user GPU (MxGPU) tech.
In other words, stick these cards in a server and they can provide virtual GPUs for remote PCs which are relatively underpowered lacking discrete graphics cards or the grunt to tackle heavy duty graphics tasks like, for example, CAD or video editing.
The new cards AMD has unleashed are the FirePro S7150 and FirePro S7150 x2. A single S7150 has 8GB of GDDR5 video memory on board and can support up to 16 simultaneous users, with the x2 version doubling up the memory to 16GB as the name would suggest, being able to support up to 32 users.
AMD boasts that its MxGPU technology provides consistent performance, and offers a secure environment in terms of the application data being passed through the card – one virtual machine can’t access another VM’s data thanks to hardware-enforced memory isolation logic.
The company also notes that all graphics functionality is accessible to remote users, with full virtualisation support for not just DirectX and OpenGL, but also the likes of OpenCL.
Head in the cloud
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Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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