Nvidia GRID is a family of graphics processing units (GPUs) made by Nvidia, introduced in 2008, that is targeted specifically towards cloud gaming.[1] The Nvidia GRID includes both graphics processing and video encoding into a single device which is able to decrease the input to display latency of cloud based video game streaming.[2] Nvidia offer their own game streaming service that makes use of the Nvidia Grid that supports full 1080p at 60 frames per second over the Internet.[3]
While many of Nvidia’s cards are known for gaming, there has been a recent growth of business applications that are GPU-accelerated.[timeframe?] The Nvidia GRID K1 and K2 are being integrated with Supermicro server clusters for use with 3D-intensive applications such as graphics and computer aided design (CAD).[4] In 2015, Microsoft began including Nvidia GRID as part of its Azure Enterprise cloud platform targeted towards professionals such as engineers, designers and researchers.[5]
| GRID K1 | Grid K2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Microarchitecture | Kepler | |
| Number of GPUs | 4× GK107 | 2× GK104 |
| Number of CUDA cores | 4× 192 | 2× 1536 |
| Memory site | 4× 4 GB DDR3 | 2× 4 GB DDR5 |
| Max power | 130 W | 225 W |
References
edit- ^ Hou, Qingdong; Qiu, Chu; Mu, Kaihui; Qi, Quan; Lu, Yongquan (2014). A Cloud Gaming System Based on NVIDIA GRID GPU. 2014 13th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science. pp. 73–77. doi:10.1109/DCABES.2014.19. ISBN 978-1-4799-4169-8.
- ^ Shea, Ryan; Liu, Liu; Ngai, Edith; Cui, Yong (2013). "Cloud gaming: Architecture and performance". IEEE Network. 27 (4): 16–24. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.394.1568. doi:10.1109/MNET.2013.6574660. S2CID 7712263.
- ^ Hardawar, Devindra (May 12, 2015). "NVIDIA's GRID cloud gaming service gets 1080p 60 FPS streaming". Engadget.
- ^ "Supermicro server platforms use NVIDIA GRID technology". Internet Business News. 24 May 2013. ProQuest 1354964616.
- ^ "NVIDIA GPUs to Accelerate Microsoft Azure" (Press release). NVIDIA. September 29, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "NVIDIA GRID K1". techpowerup. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "NVIDIA GRID K2". techpowerup. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "NVIDIA GRID K1 AND K2" (PDF). nvidia. Retrieved 2023-03-04.