Nvidia GRID K1, GRID K2 Specifications

WHY GPUs FOR VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
AND APPLICATIONS?

Your smartphone has a GPU, your Tablet has a GPU, your PC has
a GPU and your workstation has a high powered GPU. There’s a
reason for this. The users expect a certain level of visual
experience that you can’t get from a CPU alone. GRID enables
VDI for everyone.

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL DESKTOP?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is the practice of hosting
a desktop OS within a virtual machine (VM) running on a hosted,
centralized or remote server. It allows IT departments to offer
a secure “access anywhere” desktop experience to end users.

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL APPLICATION?

A virtualized application, more commonly referred to as a virtual
user session allows multiple users to run applications in a single
OS (ie: Windows Server).

WHY NVIDIA?

Continuing our tradition of pioneering technology, NVIDIA’s
Kepler Architecture is the world’s first virtualization enabled GPU.
NVIDIA GRID K1 & K2 boards bring this technology to the widest
breadth of partner products and solutions.

GPUs ACCELERATE
VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
AND APPLICATIONS

SERVER POWERED

BY NVIDIA GRID

Imagine if responsive Windows and rich multimedia experiences
were available via virtual desktop infrastructure, even those with
intensive graphics needs.

NVIDIA makes this possible with NVIDIA GRID, a virtualized
GPU that delivers a faster, interactive graphical experience to a
variety of users across all devices.

NVIDIA GRID™

OVERVIEW

GRID OVERVIEW

WHO NEEDS NVIDIA GRID™?

DESIGNER/ENGINEER: Traditionally an NVIDIA

Quadro® user, this customer creates and works
with complicated datasets using graphics intensive
applications (3D design, medical diagnostics, etc.).

Related industries: Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Media &

Entertainment, Medical Imaging, Public Sector

Application examples: Dassault Systèmes (CATIA,

SolidWorks), Enovia, Siemens NX, Autodesk (3ds Max,
Inventor, Maya, etc.)*

*Plus all the same applications a Power User and Knowledge Worker can use.

POWER USER: A user of visual data (such as 3D

images, and 2D graphs and line charts), this customer
represents a new business opportunity. Customer may
also be someone who tried Desktop and Application
Virtualization without GPU acceleration and was not satisfied.

Related industries: Healthcare (nurses’ stations, doctors’

offices, doctors’ tablets), Educational Institutions (target
engineering and design schools), Government (simulation
and training, Geospatial research), Manufacturing (Product
Data Management, Product Lifecycle Management,
Manufacturing Floor/Job Site, Support).

Application examples: SolidWorks View, PTC Creo View and

View Express, Autodesk Inventor View, Siemens NX Viewer,
Team Center Visualization. Manufacturing Product Lifecycle
applications, Adobe Imaging applications, medical imaging
applicati ons, Microsoft Office PowerPoint Authoring, Video
editing applications.**

**Plus all the same applications a Knowledge Worker can use.

KNOWLEDGE WORKER: This is typically

an office worker who uses Office applications,
email, video conferencing and rich media internet
applications.

Related industries: Financial Services (Retail, Commercial

and Investment Banking, Insurance), Manufacturing,
Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, Media & Entertainment,
Telecommunications, Government, Education, Technology.

Application examples: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint graphics),

Photoshop, etc.

EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIES WHERE
GRID CAN BE USED

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSMANUFACTURERS

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENTHEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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