Any VDI admins excited about this?

[gigatexal]

FirePro S7100 graphics cards bring hardware GPU virtualization to life

I think it's really cool. It's also not tied to any oppressive licensing. So you get the card and you own the card and can slice and dice it up as you like.

 

[Patrick]

That is pretty cool! I wonder how well it works?

 

[markpower28]

looks very similar to Nvidia Grid K1/K2 which has been widely adapted in the past 2 years. For Grid K1/K2, the special driver for the hypervisor will have different vGPU profile and able to divide into smaller vGPUs. Performance is nearly native for some of the AutoCAD users I have deployed.

 

[g33k]

I like the fact it is driven by SR-IOV and not vGPU. Unsure of how that translates into actual performance, but I do like the concept for advanced VDI users.

 

[gigatexal]

AMD doesn't have the cash to work up anything proprietary so they embrace standards which is good. Their effort for opening up the GPU should be interesting.

 

[gigatexal]

That is pretty cool! I wonder how well it works?

Maybe AMD would send you a review unit?

 

[Diavuno]

I'm excited about it... but the 16 slot per gpu is a bummer.

I'd still like to play with one though.