NVIDIA Announces Quadro FX Notebook with 1GB GPU and Quadro Plex Systems

By DE Editors

NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) made two announcements at SIGGRAPH 2008 this week. The first was the introduction of a new series of NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile GPUs, featuring an NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Computing Processor and offered by workstation manufacturers such as Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, and Lenovo professional notebook workstations. And the second was NVIDIA’s announcement that its Quadro Plex Systems that bring visual supercomputing deskside.

Highlighting the flagship product of the NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile GPU series is the Quadro FX 3700M, with 128 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores, which offers 1GB of dedicated graphics memory for industries such as oil and gas exploration, mechanical design, and digital content creation. Engineered to deliver high-performance visualization of large datasets with extremely high image quality in an ISV-certified notebook platform, these notebooks include up to 1GB GDDR3 memory; up to 256-bit memory interface; up to 51.2GBps graphic memory bandwidth; OpenGL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, and DirectX 10; and PowerMizer 8.0 adaptive power management tools.

Plus, the Quadro FX 2700M GPU, with 48 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores and 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, is a graphics solution for 17-in. notebook platforms targeting high-end design and content-creation applications. The Quadro FX 1700M GPU with 32 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores, the Quadro FX 770M GPU with 32 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores, and the Quadro FX 370M GPU with 8 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores, are designed for 15.4-in. and 14.1-in. notebooks, which help round out the new Intel Centrino II-based platforms.

NVIDIA also announced its new NVIDIA Quadro Plex Systems that bring visual supercomputing to the deskside. The D Series of NVIDIA Quadro Plex Visual Computing Systems (VCS will be available in September 2008 with prices beginning at $10,750), available in deskside or rackmount configurations, featuring 480 processing cores, NVIDIA CUDA programmability, and 8GB of graphics memory, making them suitable for design, geosciences, and scientific visualization industries that are working with extremely large 3D models, datasets, and power walls.

The NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2200 D2 VCS, with two Quadro GPUs, 4 dual-link DVI channels, and 8GB of frame buffer memory, is designed for advanced visualization of extremely large models and datasets, as well as high-performance computing processes. Its partner, the Quadro Plex 2100 D4 VCS with four GPUs, 8 dual-link DVI channels and a 4GB frame buffer, is optimized for multi-display applications.

NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA’s inaugural NVISION 08 conference will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, CA.

For more information, visit NVIDIA.

For recent DEcoverage, read “NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Cards Perform for Less,” (July 2008).

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.