EVOLUTION OF THE GPU

THEN: In 1999, GPUs were used to develop graphics

for PC games.

NVIDIA PROFESSIONAL
®

SOLUTIONS SALES TOOLKIT

Inspiring Customers to do Their Best Work. Faster.
NOW: With advanced technology, you can do even more with GPUs:

Powerful | EFFICIENT | EXTRAORDINARY

Imagine a processor that offers advanced design capabilities for entertainment Engineers use GPUs to design
and commerce, while enabling scientists to tackle the world’s most challenging everything from golf clubs
problems from climate research to quantum physics. The GPU makes all of this to luxury cars to jumbo jets.
possible. NVIDIA customers want to do things better, faster and at higher capacity
than ever before. Help your prospective customers realize their ambitions with
the right professional solution from NVIDIA.
Researchers use GPUs to model
complex systems, from the human
body to the universe.
WHAT IS A GPU: A GPU, or graphics processing
unit, is a highly efficient parallel processor that excels
at tackling large amounts of data simultaneously.
The beauty of the 3D world comes to life and complex
GPUs create stunning visual
calculations are exponentially faster.
effects for award-winning movies,
media and games.

HOW GPUs WORK: GPUs and CPUs work together

to process application workloads. The CPU handles
Scientists use GPUs to advance
simple serial tasks while the GPU handles increasingly
medical science, prevent pandemics,
more visual and compute-intensive workloads.
and discover new drugs.
The result is a transformation of everyday PCs into
professional workstations and supercomputers.

> 100% of nominees for Best Visual

Effects Oscar were powered by NVIDIA
DID YOU KNOW? GPUs (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013).

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WHY DOES YOUR CUSTOMER NEED A GPU?
NVIDIA offers a suite of professional solutions that enable designers, manufacturers, scientists and researchers
to do their work smarter, faster, with greater reliability and with energy efficiency. Help your customer choose
the right GPU with the following conversation starter.

Great! NVIDIA Professional Solutions

QUESTION Does your work involve creating or visualizing YES
are perfect for you!
data and images, or heavy computation?

I WORK WITH I WORK WITH I WORK WITH I WORK WITH I WORK WITH HIGH- I WORK WITH HIGH-
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS THAT APPLICATIONS THAT APPLICATIONS PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
APPLICATIONS ARE 3D GRAPHICS ARE 3D GRAPHICS THAT HAVE 3D COMPUTATIONAL COMPUTATIONAL
THAT ARE NOT INTENSIVE AND I INTENSIVE AND I GRAPHICS BUT APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS
HIGHLY GRAPHICS NEED MOBILITY USE A DESKTOP ALSO REQUIRE HIGH (HPC) ON A (HPC) IN A SERVER
INTENSIVE BUT I WORKSTATION COMPUTATIONAL DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
NEED TO RELIABLY HORSEPOWER WORKSTATION
DRIVE MULTIPLE IN MY DESKTOP
DISPLAYS WORKSTATION

Recommend Recommend Recommend Recommend Recommend

NVIDIA NVS™ NVIDIA QUADRO® NVIDIA QUADRO® NVIDIA MAXIMUS™ NVIDIA TESLA®
The multi-display solution Powerful visualization for MOBILE Powerful visualization for DESKTOP Visualization and computation solution The high-performance solution

> NVIDIA NVS enhances > NVIDIA Quadro Mobile offers > NVIDIA Quadro is recommended, > NVIDIA Maximus combines the > NVIDIA Tesla parallel processors
productivity in multi desktop the same performance as tested, and certified on 200+ visualization capability of Quadro can handle the largest datasets
environments. Quadro Desktop solutions professional applications. with the computing power of in science and engineering
in a portable form factor. Tesla in a single workstation. applications.

See NVIDIA NVS section for See NVIDIA QUADRO section for See NVIDIA QUADRO section for See NVIDIA QUADRO and NVIDIA See NVIDIA TESLA section for
more information more information more information TESLA sections for more information more information
 NVIDIA NVS is an enterprise business graphics solution that enhances
productivity in multi-desktop environments. Key benefits include:
> Flicker-free viewing for two or more displays
> Compatible across multiple display and system types
> Built-in NVIDIA technologies to easily manage your display real estate*

NVIDIA NVS
® ™
- NVIDIA® nView® desktop management software that helps
increase productivity
multi‑display SOLUTION - NVIDIA Mosaic technology that seamlessly spans your entire desktop
across multiple displays
> Flexibility to expand the number of displays without replacing your system**

Financial Institutions Digital Signage

> Trading Floors > Insurance and Banking Centers > Airport Signage > Restaurants and Shopping Malls

Process Control Business Environments

> Government Institutions > Control and Command Centers > Call Centers > Hospitals

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Why Does your Customer Need NVIDIA® NVS™?

NVS NVS NVS NVS NVS Consumer Integrated

300 310 420 450 510 Graphics Card Graphics

Advanced Display Capability Max Number of Displays 2 2 4 4 4 2-4 2

Display Expandability

Productivity-Enhancing Display‑Management Tools

Reliability Low-Power Graphics (<25 W)

Fan-less Design for Quiet Environments

Robust Technologies to Optimize System Uptime

Enterprise Tools for Remote IT Management

Availability & Serviceability Cost of Serviceability $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$*

* NOTE: Integrated graphics serviceability requires you to replace system.

ASK HOW MANY MONITORS

DO YOU PLAN TO CONNECT?

1 or 2 3 or More

Recommend Recommend
Dual NVS Products Quad NVS Products
NVS 300/NVS 310 NVS 450/NVS 420/NVS 510
Which NVIDIA® NVS™ GPU Does Your Customer Need?

NVS 510 NVS 450 NVS 420 NVS 300 NVS 310
Dedicated Graphics Ultra-Fast 2 GB
Ultra-Fast 512 MB GDDR3 Fast 512 MB DDR3
Memory (Frame Buffer) DDR3

Low Power Consumption Up to 35 W Up to 35 W Up to 40 W Up to 18 W Up to 20 W

Cooling Active Fan-less Active Fan-less Active

System Types Supported Small form/full-height Full-height systems only Small form-factor or full-height systems

Native Display Output(s) Quad Mini DP 1.2 Quad DP Quad DP or SL‑DVI2 Dual VGA, SL-DVI, or DP1 Dual DP (DP 1.2)

Max Resolution 3840 x 2160 2560 x 1600

Bus Interface Type PCIE x16 Only Gen 2 PCIE x16 Only Gen 2 PCIE x16 or PCIEx1 Gen 2 PCIE x16 Only Gen 2

Max # of Displays 3

Supported

Display Tools + Technology NVIDIA® Mosaic technology and NVIDIA nView® desktop-management software

Enterprise-Management
Enterprise tools for remote management of graphics and display settings. Driver-installer tools.
Tools

Recommended >>Graphics to drive four >>Graphics to drive >>Graphics to drive >>Graphics to drive >>Graphics to drive
displays in small four displays in full- four displays in one or two displays one or two displays
Solution for form-factor or height desktops or small form-factor via VGA, DVI, or via DisplayPort
customerS who full-height systems workstations or full-height DisplayPort
>>Balanced power
need... >>Best performance >>Low power
systems
>>Lowest power and and performance
and low power consumption and >>Low power fan‑less solution
fan‑less solution consumption
>>Large dedicated
frame buffer

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Number of Displays

Max Resolution of Display Preferred Connectors/Cable 1-2 3-4 5-6 6-8

VGA NVS 300 1 2x NVS 300 1 2x NVS 450/NVS 510 3 2x NVS 450/NVS 5103

NVS 450/NVS 5103 3x NVS 300 1

Up to
1920 x 1200 DVI (Single Link) NVS 300 1 2x NVS 300 1 2x NVS 420 2 2x NVS 420 2

NVS 420 2 2x NVS 450/ NVS 5103 2x NVS 450/NVS 5103

NVS 450/NVS 5103 3x NVS 300 1

DisplayPort NVS 310 NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510

NVS 300 1 2x NVS 310 2x NVS 420 2 2x NVS 420 2

2x NVS 300 1 3x NVS 310

NVS 420 2 3x NVS 300 1

HDMI NVS 310 3 2x NVS 310 3 2x NVS 450/NVS 5103 2x NVS 450/NVS 5103

NVS 450/NVS 5103 3x NVS 310 3

DVI (Dual Link) NVS 310 4 2x NVS 3104 2x NVS 450/NVS 5104 2x NVS 450/NVS 5104

NVS 450/NVS 5104

Larger than DisplayPort NVS 310 NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510
1920 x 1200 NVS 300 1 2x NVS 310 2x NVS 420 2 2x NVS 420 2

2x NVS 300 1 3x NVS 310

NVS 420 2 3x NVS 300 1

For NVS 510, use included mini DP-to-DP cable with standard DisplayPort cable/cable adaptor to connect to any display type.
Alternately users can also directly connecting using mini DisplayPort cables/adaptors.

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Requires a VHDCI to DVI/DisplayPort-based cable adaptor
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QUADRO MOBILE & MAXIMUS

™

Powerful, Efficient Visualization

NVIDIA QUADRO
NVIDIA QUADRO family of products, based on the Kepler architecture GPUs
are recommended, tested, and certified on more than 200 professional applications
across many industries, including manufacturing, entertainment, sciences, and
energy. Professionals trust them to deliver the best possible experience with
applications.

NVIDIA QUADRO MOBILE GPUs offer comparable performance in

a mobile solution.

NVIDIA MAXIMUS second generation technology based on the Kepler

architecture combines two or more NVIDIA processors to accelerate graphics and Maximus Benefits
computation at the same time. In the Maximus configuration:
> The NVIDIA Tesla® GPU performs the heavy lifting of photorealistic rendering,
simulation, or computation.
> The NVIDIA Quadro GPU powers rich, full-performance, interactive design. /
IGN DER GPU
DES RENULATE
> The CPU is freed up for the tasks it performs best. SIM

NVIDIA MAXIMUS™ RECIPE* CPU

efficient higher ISV

+
multi-tasking performance certified
Visual Parallel
Computing GPU: Computing GPU:
✓ Design AND simulate ✓ Faster simulation ✓ Tesla and Quadro
Quadro K5000 Tesla K20c board certifications
Quadro K4000 (one or more)
Quadro K2000 ✓ Design AND render ✓ Faster rendering ✓ Global OEM system
Quadro K600 certifications

✓ Seamless experience ✓ 100% interactive design ✓ All leading CAD

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ASK WHAT PRIMARY Recommended NVIDIA Professional solution

APPLICATIONS GOOD BETTER BEST
DO YOU USE? > Occasional use of application > Regular use of application > Pushing the application to its limits
> Small objects and assemblies > Average to large objects and assemblies > Extremely large objects and assemblies
> About 10% of the users > Using all application features > Using all application features
> About 80% of the users > About 10% of the users

DESIGN/ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING
Altair® HyperWorks® Desktop NVIDIA® Quadro® K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

ANSYS Mechanical™ Desktop Maximus™ (Quadro K600 + Tesla® K20c) Maximus (Quadro K2000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile N/A N/A N/A

AutoCAD Design Suite (AutoCad + Showcase + 3Ds Max)

® Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K1000M      Quadro K2000M    Quadro K4000M

Autodesk AutoCAD
® ® Desktop Quadro K600 Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000
Mobile Quadro K1000M Quadro K2000M Quadro K3000M

Product Design Suite (Inventor + Showcase + 3Ds Max) Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K2000M    Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M

Autodesk Inventor® Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000

Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Autodesk MoldFlow® Desktop Maximus (Quadro K600 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K2000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M Quadro/K5000M

Autodesk Mudbox™ Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000

Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M
(Revit or AutoCad + Showcase
Building Design Suites + 3Ds Max) Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K4000M    Quadro K5000M           Quadro K5000M

Autodesk Revit® Desktop Quadro K600 Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000

Mobile Quadro K1000M Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M

Autodesk Showcase™ Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000

Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M

Autodesk Inventor + 3ds Max® Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Autodesk Revit + 3ds Max Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A
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GOOD BETTER BEST

DESIGN/ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING CONTINUED
Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA Abaqus Desktop Maximus™ (NVIDIA® Quadro® K2000 + Tesla® K20c) Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Dassault Systèmes Catia V5 and V6 Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Dassault Systèmes Catia Live Rendering Desktop Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + 2 x Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

MathWorks MATLAB Desktop Maximus (Quadro K600 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile N/A N/A N/A

MSC Nastran Desktop Maximus (Quadro K2000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile N/A N/A N/A

PTC Creo Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000

Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Siemens NX Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000

Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

MODELING/ANIMATION /VISUALIZATION/EFFECTS
Autodesk 3ds Max Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Autodesk 3ds Max for Interactive Rendering Desktop Quadro K5000 Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + 2 x Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Autodesk Maya® Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000

Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M

Autodesk Maya for Interactive Rendering Desktop Quadro 6000 Maximus (Quadro K4000 + Tesla K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Bunkspeed SHOT, PRO, DRIVE Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000
Mobile Quadro K2000M/K3000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Maxon CINEMA 4D Desktop Quadro K600 Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000

Mobile Quadro K1000M Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M

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MODELING/ANIMATION /VISUALIZATION/EFFECTS CONTINUED

NewTek Lightwave™ Desktop NVIDIA® Quadro® K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

RTT DeltaGen/DeltaView/DeltaView+ Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000

Mobile Quadro K2000M/K3000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M

Side Effects Houdini Desktop Quadro 6000 Maximus™ (Quadro K4000 + Tesla® K20c) Maximus (Quadro K5000 + Tesla K20c)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Adobe After Effects Desktop Quadro 2000 Quadro 4000 Maximus (Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075)
Mobile Quadro 2000M Quadro 4000M Quadro 5000M

VIDEO EDITING
Adobe® Premiere Pro® Desktop Quadro 2000 Quadro 4000 Maximus (Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075)
Mobile Quadro 2000M Quadro 4000M Quadro 5000M

Avid® Media Composer® Desktop Quadro 2000 Quadro 4000 Quadro 4000
Mobile Quadro 2000M Quadro 4000M Quadro 4000M

Grass Valley Edius® Desktop Quadro K600 Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000
Mobile Quadro K1000M Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M
Sony Vegas Pro™ Desktop Quadro 600 Quadro 2000 Quadro 4000
Mobile Quadro 1000M Quadro 2000M Quadro 4000M

OIL & GAS

Halliburton (Landmark) DecisionSpace®, GeoProbe® Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000
Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M

Paradigm Geophysical VoxelGeo ® Desktop Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000 Maximus (Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075)
Mobile Quadro K5000M N/A N/A

Paradigm Geophysical EarthStudy360® Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000
Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M
Schlumberger Information Solutions Desktop Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000
Mobile Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M Quadro K5000M
Seismic MicroTechnology Kingdom Suite Desktop Quadro K2000 Quadro K4000 Quadro K5000
Mobile Quadro K2000M Quadro K4000M Quadro K5000M
Quadro KEPLER FAMILY SPECIFICATIONS
Quadro Quadro Quadro Quadro Quadro
K5000 K4000 K2000/K2000D* K600 410

# CUDA Cores 1536 768 384 192 192

Single Precision 2.166 TFLOPs 1.246 TFLOPs 733 GFLOPs 336 GFLOPs 271 GFLOPs

View Perf 11 66 53 41 26 19

Memory Size 4 GB + ECC 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB 512 MB

Memory BW 173 GB/s 134 GB/s 64 GB/s 29 GB/s 14 GB/s

Slots & Display 2x DP + DVI

Connectors
2x DP + 2xDVI 2x DP + DVI Mini DP + 2x DVI* DP + DVI DP + DVI

Max # Display Support 4 4 4 2 2

Power Cables 1 x 6 pin required 1 x 6 pin required

Board Power 122 W 80 W 51 W 41 W 40 W

*Quadro K2D is a variant of K2000 that incorporates dual DVI connectors and a mini DP.

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Quadro K5000 Quadro 6000/K4000/K2000 Quadro K2000D Quadro K600/410

(6000: max 2 native displays
(max 4 native displays) (max 3 native displays) (max 2 native displays)
K4000/K2000: max 3 native displays)

Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector Connector
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2

If you want to connect

a display with the
following cable DVI DVI DP DP DVI DP DP DVI DVI MiniDP DVI DP

DisplayPort ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ mDP→DP
✓
DVI ✓ ✓ DP→DVI DP→DVI
✓ DP→DVI DP→DVI
✓ ✓ mDP→DVI
✓ DP→ DVI

HDMI DVI→HDMI DVI→HDMI DP→HDMI DP→HDMI DVI→HDMI DP→HDMI DP→HDMI DVI→HDMI DVI→HDMI mDP→HDMI* DVI→HDMI DP→HDMI

VGA DVI→VGA DP→VGA DP→VGA DVI→VGA DP→VGA DP→VGA DVI→VGA mDP→VGA* DVI→VGA DP→VGA

KEY ✓= Connect directly no adapter required.

Example: “DP→DVI” = Requires a DisplayPort to DVI adapter. “mDP→HDMI” = Requires a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.

ADAPTORS
DP→DVI
Up to 1920x1200 display resolution - use a DP to DVI-SL (single link) adapter
Above 1920x1200 display resolution - use a DP to DVI-DL (dual link) adapter

DP→HDMI
DP→VGA
DVI→VGA
DVI→HDMI
mDP→DP
mDP→DVI-SL
*Use a mDP→DP adaptor to connect the DP→HDMI or DP→VGA adaptor.
NVIDIA TESLA
® ®

high-performance computing

NVIDIA TESLA GPU Accelerators consist of thousands of cores to quickly

compute large workloads, which make them perfect for accelerating scientific
and engineering applications that often run in server environments.

Which customers will benefit from Tesla?

INDUSTRIES
Research Manufacturing Oil & Gas Defense Media & Entertainment Finance Medical & Life
> Biology > Computer Aided Design > Seismic Processing > Signal Processing > Rendering > Risk Analytics Science Instruments
> Chemistry > Computer Aided > Reservoir Simulation > Image Processing > Encoding & Digital Distribution > Options & Equity > Imaging & Analysis
> Engineering Engineering > Seismic Interpretation > Video Analytics > Video Editing Pricing
> Math > Color Correction > Insurance Annuity
> Physics > Simulation Pricing
> Weather

WHO TO TALK TO

IT MANAGERS Researchers & Application Users

KEY BENEFITS KEY BENEFITS

GPUs deliver high performance and > Energy efficiency: GPUs are GPUs accelerate computationally > Higher quality results
capacity across many users, enabling: inherently energy efficient, intensive applications. By supporting > Faster time to market
making them ideal for increasing more and faster iterations, GPUs enable:
> Maximum performance in a smaller > Fewer expensive lab experiments
performance in data centers > Lower cost of innovation
footprint (can now be replaced by GPU-
and running computationally
> More compute power for the budget: intensive science and engineering > Faster innovation: For example, powered simulations)
Tesla GPUs accelerate a wide variety applications. molecular dynamics uses complex > Powerful simulation: For example,
of applications and computer simulations to study Princeton University
are optimized to physical interactions researchers
provide maximum of atoms and are using GPUs
performance molecules, which to simulate insect
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Over 200 third-party applications have already been GPU-accelerated.
Here are some of the most popular ones. For the full list, visit
www.nvidia.com/appscatalog

Developer tools for proprietary applications

Performance
Customers with their own proprietary applications can also accelerate them with
Application improvement
vs. CPU-only systems GPUs. Direct your customer to NVIDIA’s extensive suite of developer tools at:
www.nvidia.com/parallelprogramming
Computational Chemistry
AMBER 89.44 Nanoseconds/day Take a GPU for a free test drive!
GROMACS 165 Nanoseconds/day
Your customers can easily experience the performance of NVIDIA GPU
LAMMPS 3-18x Accelerators by taking a free GPU Test Drive:
NAMD 6.44 Nanoseconds/day > Step 1: Register at www.nvidia.com/gputestdrive
Q-CHEM 8-14x > Step 2: Log into a remote server and try the latest GPU-accelerated
Engineering applications, or load the proprietary code.
Abaqus / Standard 1.5-3x
ANSYS Mechanical 2-3x
AutoCAD Design Suite 2-4x +
CST Microwave Studio 9-20x
FluiDyna Culises OpenFOAM 3x
MSC Nastran 1.5-3x
Math/Physics
Chroma 9x NVIDIA®Tesla® GPU Accelerators are ideal
for optimizing performance in small and
Mathematica Wolfram 2-20x medium server clusters, as well as the world’s
MATLAB 2-20x most powerful supercomputers.
MILC 5-6x
Defense
Digital Globe 12x
Intuvision Panoptes 12x
OpCoast SNEAK 100x
Oil & Gas
Acceleware RTM 14x
Headwave Suite 10-50x
Paradigm Echos RTM 14x
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
TERM DESCRIPTION
Assembly/Model An assembly is made up of a part of a physical product that contains multiple 3D sub-components
or models.
CAD Computer-aided design (CAD), also known as computer-aided drafting (CAD) or computer-aided
design and drafting (CADD), is the use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification,
analysis, or optimization of a design. Computer-aided drafting describes the process of creating
a technical drawing with the use of computer software. CAD software is used to increase the
productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through
documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing.
CAE Computer-aided-engineering (CAE) is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering
tasks. For example, CAE systems are able to simulate a design under a variety of conditions to
see if it actually works.
Computational Simulations Computer simulation is the attempt to simulate through a computer model an abstract model
of a particular system, such as molecules and materials.
CUDA NVIDIA® CUDA™ is a parallel computing platform and programming model invented by NVIDIA.
It enables dramatic increases in computing performance by harnessing the power of the graphics
processing unit (GPU). Scientists using
GPU-powered systems
DCC Digital content creation is a term that refers to the creation and modification of digital content, were able to crack the
such as animation, audio, graphics, images and video, as part of the production process before genetic code behind a
presentation in its final form. This large field encompasses many segments such as 3D graphics, deadly strain of E. coli.
audio editing, compositing, authoring, etc.
Directives OpenACC Allows programmers to provide simple hints, known as directives, to the compiler to accelerate
code. With OpenACC directives, the code remains portable across many-core GPUs and
multi-core CPUs.
Fermi NVIDIA® Fermi is the code name for the NVIDIA GPU architecture that launched in 2009. NVIDIA
products built on the Fermi architecture have names such as Quadro 2000 or Tesla M2090, for example.
Frame Buffer Frame buffer is dedicated memory on the graphics card similar to that which is used to store
model geometry, textures, frames of video, etc.
GPU Graphics processing unit with hundreds of compute cores, initially used as graphic processors.

GPU Accelerator Now that GPUs have become programmable and computationally powerful, they are also used
to accelerate hundreds of scientific applications. Scientists studying
the physics of the
GPU Computing or GPU Use of a GPU (graphics processing unit) together with a CPU to accelerate general-purpose
Big Bang need massive
Accelerated Computing scientific and engineering applications. computing power.
GPUs deliver 125x the
GPU Ray Tracing Use of the GPU to greatly accelerate ray trace rendering in solutions such as Iray, VRay-RT, performance of other
Octane, FinalRender, etc. systems.

GPU Test Drive A free and easy way for customers to try GPUs through a remotely-hosted CPU + GPU server.
They can run popular applications, such as AMBER, NAMD or their own code.
HPC High-performance computing is the use of parallel processing for running advanced application
programs efficiently, reliably and fast.
Integrated Graphics Graphics hardware that is built into the CPU which shares both CPU hardware resources along
with system memory. Only sufficient for very basic applications like email or word processing.
ISV Independent software vendor, typically used to refer to professional software vendors such as
Autodesk, Adobe, or Dassault Systèmes.

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ISV Certifications NVIDIA and ISVs work together to test,validate and guarantee the functionality of the hardware
and software.
Kepler The world’s fastest and most efficient GPU from NVIDIA. NVIDIA products built on the NVIDIA®
Kepler™ architecture have names such as NVIDIA Quadro® K5000 and NVIDIA Tesla® K20
(K for Kepler).
Kepler K10, K20, & K20X Latest generation of NVIDIA Tesla GPU Accelerators and the world’s fastest and most efficient
high-performance computing architecture.
Libraries Pre-written code and subroutines used by developers when developing software.
GPU-accelerated libraries provide “drop-in” acceleration to an application.
Mobile Workstation A notebook that includes a Quadro Mobile graphics card for professionals.

Mosaic NVIDIA software designed to manage and optimize multiple displays to create large desktop
surfaces or a matrix/mosaic of displays for large-scale display installations.
NVIDIA Maximus Second Generation NVIDIA Maximus™ technology combines the visualization and interactive design capability of
Quadro GPUs and the high-performance computing power of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs in a single
workstation. Technology that gives workstation users the ability to simultaneously perform
complex analysis and visualization on a single machine, using Quadro and Tesla processors. With Maximus
technology, designers
Nview NVIDIA software designed to manage and optimize your workspace over single or multiple and engineers can
displays. iterate and visualize
extremely quickly and
NVS Graphics cards designed for multi-monitor installations in commercial/office/financial settings. accurately, producing
Featured in both commercial PCs and workstations. more design variations
in less time.
Parallel Computing Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out
simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided into smaller
ones, which are then solved concurrently (“in parallel”).
Quadro Series of graphics cards designed for professionals to use to accelerate their work in the CAD
and DCC markets, featured in workstations.
SPEC ViewPerf SPEC ViewPerf measures the 3D rendering performance of systems running under OpenGL
and is typically used for benchmarking purposes.
Speed Up The performance differential obtained when running an application on a CPU-only system vs.
a CPU + GPU system.
Tesla GPU Graphics processing unit designed from the ground-up to accelerate scientific and technical
computing workloads for high-performance computing.
Workstation A workstation is a highly tested and qualified PC with enormous capability for hardware Tesla GPUs power
the Square Kilometer
upgradeability. It is designed to be highly reliable and serviceable, and can be in the form Array, a radio frequency
of a desktop or notebook. telescope 10,000 times
more powerful than
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