Nvidia launches what it claims is the first "visual computing appliance"-- the GRID VCA, a GPU-based system providing customers with remote access to graphics acceleration in Windows, Linux or Mac-based clients.
The VCA carries x2 Xeon processors, x16 Kepler-class GPUs (in x8 Quadro cards) and Nvidia GRID VGX software inside an easy-to-install 4U appliance, and provides up to x16 concurrent users with access to graphic applications from the likes of Adobe, Autodesk and Dassault.
The company says the appliance is ideal for SMBs lacking in dedicated PCs or the resources to deploy a full complement of GRID servers and enterprise virtualisation tools.
Available from May 2013, the GRID VCA also requires purchase of an annual software license.
