Nvidia and VMware announce the availability of Nvidia GRID technology on the VMware Horizon desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) platform, allowing cloud providers to push 3D graphics on enterprise virtual desktops.
Revealed at at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), the deal provides virtual desktops for customers demanding visual-heavy applications of the Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Design and Creation Suites variety.
Also announced at GTC is a joint Nvidia-VMware effort bringing GRID vGPU (virtual GPU) GPU sharing technology on virtual machines. The technology provisions up to 8 users per GPU, and assigns the right amount of memory to meet user requirements.
According to the two companies this will "deliver customers and service providers the highest performance for complex, graphics-intensive applications at the lowest possible cost."
"This is a big deal," said Nvidia CEO and cofounder Jen-Hsun Huang says at GTC. "Partnering with VMware now makes it possible for us to finally virtualise the enterprise from end to end."
Nvidia GRID technology on the VMware Horizon DaaS platform is available now, while "select customers" will get early access to Nvidia GRID vGPU hardware working with VMware virtual machines later during 2014.
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