The document discusses the capabilities and evolution of GPUs, highlighting their use in various fields such as engineering, research, and entertainment. It explains how GPUs work alongside CPUs to enhance performance in computational tasks and provides details on NVIDIA's professional solutions tailored for different user needs. Additionally, it lists notable achievements and statistics regarding GPU technology, particularly from NVIDIA, emphasizing their impact on visual effects and advanced computing.

1. NOW: With advanced technology, you can do even more with GPUs:
Engineers use GPUs to design
everything from golf clubs
to luxury cars to jumbo jets.
Researchers use GPUs to model
complex systems, from the human
body to the universe.
GPUs create stunning visual
effects for award-winning movies,
media and games.
Scientists use GPUs to advance
medical science, prevent pandemics,
and discover new drugs.
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
calculations are exponentially faster.
DID YOU KNOW?
> More than 1 billion GPUs
have been shipped to date.
> NVIDIA has 5,000+ patents
granted or pending.
> GPUs can accelerate applications
by as much as 100x.
> NVIDIA GPUs power 50 of the
world’s top supercomputers.
> 100% of nominees for Best Visual
Effects Oscar were powered by NVIDIA
GPUs (2010,2011,2012, and 2013).
> NVIDIA received a Technology and
Engineering Emmy Award for its
innovation in graphics processor
development.
HOW GPUs WORK: GPUs and CPUs work together
to process application workloads. The CPU handles
simple serial tasks while the GPU handles increasingly
more visual and compute-intensive workloads.
The result is a transformation of everyday PCs into
professional workstations and supercomputers.
A CPU has
multiple cores
A GPU has
thousands of cores
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.
Powerful | EFFICIENT | EXTRAORDINARY
Imagine a processor that offers advanced design capabilities for entertainment
and commerce, while enabling scientists to tackle the world’s most challenging
problems from climate research to quantum physics. The GPU makes all of this
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.
EVOLUTION OF THE GPU
W
HAT
IS
A
GPU?

2. 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.
WHY DOES YOUR CUSTOMER NEED A GPU?
I WORK WITH
BUSINESS
APPLICATIONS
THAT ARE NOT
HIGHLY GRAPHICS
INTENSIVE BUT I
NEED TO RELIABLY
DRIVE MULTIPLE
DISPLAYS
I WORK WITH
APPLICATIONS THAT
ARE 3D GRAPHICS
INTENSIVE AND I
NEED MOBILITY
I WORK WITH
APPLICATIONS THAT
ARE 3D GRAPHICS
INTENSIVE AND I
USE A DESKTOP
WORKSTATION
I WORK WITH
APPLICATIONS
THAT HAVE 3D
GRAPHICS BUT
ALSO REQUIRE HIGH
COMPUTATIONAL
HORSEPOWER
IN MY DESKTOP
WORKSTATION
I WORK WITH HIGH-
PERFORMANCE
COMPUTATIONAL
APPLICATIONS
(HPC) ON A
DESKTOP
WORKSTATION
I WORK WITH HIGH-
PERFORMANCE
COMPUTATIONAL
APPLICATIONS
(HPC) IN A SERVER
ENVIRONMENT
Does your work involve creating or visualizing
data and images, or heavy computation?
QUESTION YES
See NVIDIA TESLA section for
more information
See NVIDIA QUADRO and NVIDIA
TESLA sections for more information
See NVIDIA QUADRO section for
more information
See NVIDIA QUADRO section for
more information
See NVIDIA NVS section for
more information
Recommend
NVIDIA TESLA®
The high-performance solution
> NVIDIA Tesla parallel processors
can handle the largest datasets
in science and engineering
applications.
Recommend
NVIDIA MAXIMUS™
Visualization and computation solution
> NVIDIA Maximus combines the
visualization capability of Quadro
with the computing power of
Tesla in a single workstation.
Recommend
NVIDIA NVS™
The multi-display solution
> NVIDIA NVS enhances
productivity in multi desktop
environments.
Recommend
NVIDIA QUADRO®
Powerful visualization for MOBILE
> NVIDIA Quadro Mobile offers
the same performance as
Quadro Desktop solutions
in a portable form factor.
Recommend
NVIDIA QUADRO®
Powerful visualization for DESKTOP
> NVIDIA Quadro is recommended,
tested, and certified on 200+
professional applications.
Great! NVIDIA Professional Solutions
are perfect for you!

3. NVIDIA
®
NVS
™
multi‑display SOLUTION
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®
nView®
desktop management software that helps
increase productivity
- 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
> Trading Floors > Insurance and Banking Centers
Digital Signage
> Airport Signage > Restaurants and Shopping Malls
Process Control
> Government Institutions > Control and Command Centers
Business Environments
> Call Centers > Hospitals
* For more information on nView and Mosaic technologies please visit www‌.‌nvidia‌.‌com‌/‌nview and www‌.‌nvidia‌.‌com‌/‌mosaic | ** Not available with integrated graphics options
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4. NVS
300
NVS
310
NVS
420
NVS
450
NVS
510
Consumer
Graphics Card
Integrated
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 $ $ $ $ $ $ $$$*
Why Does your Customer Need NVIDIA®
NVS™?
1 or 2 3 or More
Recommend
Dual NVS Products
NVS 300/NVS 310
Recommend
Quad NVS Products
NVS 450/NVS 420/NVS 510
ASK HOW MANY MONITORS
DO YOU PLAN TO CONNECT?
* NOTE: Integrated graphics serviceability requires you to replace system.

5. 1
Requires a DMS59 to DVI/VGA/DisplayPort cable adaptor | 2
Requires a VHDCI to DVI/DisplayPort based cable adaptor
3
NVS 510 supports a maximum of 4 simultaneous displays in Win7, Win8 & Linux OS’s only (maximum of 2 displays in Windows XP)
NVS 510 NVS 450 NVS 420 NVS 300 NVS 310
Dedicated Graphics
Memory (Frame Buffer)
Ultra-Fast 2 GB
DDR3
Ultra-Fast 512 MB GDDR3 Fast 512 MB 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-heightsystemsonly 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,orDP1
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
Supported
Display Tools + Technology NVIDIA®
Mosaic technology and NVIDIA nView®
desktop-management software
Enterprise-Management
Tools
Enterprise tools for remote management of graphics and display settings. Driver-installer tools.
Recommended
Solution for
customerS who
need...
>>Graphics to drive four
displays in small
form-factor or
full-height systems
>>Best performance
and low power
>>Large dedicated
frame buffer
>>Graphics to drive
four displays in full-
height desktops or
workstations
>>Low power
consumption and
fan‑less solution
>>Graphics to drive
four displays in
small form-factor
or full-height
systems
>>Low power
consumption
>>Graphics to drive
one or two displays
via VGA, DVI, or
DisplayPort
>>Lowest power and
fan‑less solution
>>Graphics to drive
one or two displays
via DisplayPort
>>Balanced power
and performance
Which NVIDIA®
NVS™ GPU Does Your Customer Need?
3
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6. Help Your Customers Connect Their Displays
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.
1
Requires a DMS59 to DVI/VGA/DisplayPort cable adaptor
2
Requires a VHDCI to DVI/DisplayPort-based cable adaptor
3
Requires a DisplayPort to SL-DVI/VGA/HDMI cable adaptor
4
Requires DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI dongle
Number of Displays
Max Resolution of Display Preferred Connectors/Cable 1-2 3-4 5-6 6-8
Up to
1920 x 1200
VGA NVS 3001
2x NVS 3001
2x NVS 450/NVS 5103
2x NVS 450/NVS 5103
NVS 450/NVS 5103
3x NVS 3001
DVI (Single Link) NVS 3001
2x NVS 3001
2x NVS 4202
2x NVS 4202
NVS 4202
2x NVS 450/ NVS 5103
2x NVS 450/NVS 5103
NVS 450/NVS 5103
3x NVS 3001
DisplayPort NVS 310 NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510
NVS 3001
2x NVS 310 2x NVS 4202
2x NVS 4202
2x NVS 3001
3x NVS 310
NVS 4202
3x NVS 3001
HDMI NVS 3103
2x NVS 3103
2x NVS 450/NVS 5103
2x NVS 450/NVS 5103
NVS 450/NVS 5103
3x NVS 3103
Larger than
1920 x 1200
DVI (Dual Link) NVS 3104
2x NVS 3104
2x NVS 450/NVS 5104
2x NVS 450/NVS 5104
NVS 450/NVS 5104
DisplayPort NVS 310 NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510 2x NVS 450/NVS 510
NVS 3001
2x NVS 310 2x NVS 4202
2x NVS 4202
2x NVS 3001
3x NVS 310
NVS 4202
3x NVS 3001

7. NVIDIA
®
QUADRO
®
,
QUADRO MOBILE & MAXIMUS
™
Powerful, Efficient Visualization
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
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.
> The CPU is freed up for the tasks it performs best.
NVIDIA QUADRO
NVIDIA MAXIMUS™ RECIPE*
ISV certified drivers supporting Maximus: 310 or newer
Visual
Computing GPU:
Quadro K5000
Quadro K4000
Quadro K2000
Quadro K600
Parallel
Computing GPU:
Tesla K20c
(one or more)
+
efficient
multi-tasking
higher
performance
ISV
certified
✓Design AND simulate ✓Faster simulation ✓Tesla and Quadro
board certifications
✓ Design AND render ✓Faster rendering ✓Global OEM system
certifications
✓ Seamless experience ✓100% interactive design
performance while
rendering or simulating
✓All leading CAD
and CAE ISVs
Maximus Benefits
DESIGN RENDER/
SIMULATE
GPU
CPU
*Kepler Family
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8. Recommended NVIDIAProfessional solution
GOOD BETTER BEST
> 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
Building Design Suites 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
Which Quadro Solution is Right for Your Customer?
ASK WHAT PRIMARY
APPLICATIONS
DO YOU USE?
(Revit or AutoCad + Showcase
+ 3Ds Max)

9. Recommended NVIDIAProfessional solution
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
Which Quadro Solution is Right for Your Customer? ContINUED
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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10. Recommended NVIDIAProfessional solution
GOOD BETTER BEST
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
Which Quadro Solution is Right for Your Customer? ContINUED
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
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

11. Quadro KEPLER FAMILY SPECIFICATIONS
Quadro
K5000
Quadro
K4000
Quadro
K2000/K2000D*
Quadro
K600
Quadro
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
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
2x DP + DVI
*Quadro K2D is a variant of K2000 that incorporates dual DVI connectors and a mini DP.
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12. DISPLAY CONNECTOR MATRIX
Quadro K5000
(max 4 native displays)
Quadro 6000/K4000/K2000
(6000: max 2 native displays
K4000/K2000: max 3 native displays)
Quadro K2000D
(max 3 native displays)
Quadro K600/410
(max 2 native displays)
Connector
1
Connector
2
Connector
3
Connector
4
Connector
1
Connector
2
Connector
3
Connector
1
Connector
2
Connector
3
Connector
1
Connector
2
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
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.
*
KEY ✓= Connect directly no adapter required.
Example: “DP→DVI” = Requires a DisplayPort to DVI adapter. “mDP→HDMI” = Requires a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.
If you want to connect
a display with the
following cable

13. 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?
KEY BENEFITS KEY BENEFITS
WHO TO TALK TO
IT MANAGERS Researchers & Application Users
GPUs deliver high performance and
capacity across many users, enabling:
> Maximum performance in a smaller
footprint
> More compute power for the budget:
Tesla GPUs accelerate a wide variety
of applications and
are optimized to
provide maximum
performance
per watt.
> Energy efficiency: GPUs are
inherently energy efficient,
making them ideal for increasing
performance in data centers
and running computationally
intensive science and engineering
applications.
GPUs accelerate computationally
intensive applications. By supporting
more and faster iterations, GPUs enable:
> Lower cost of innovation
> Faster innovation: For example,
molecular dynamics uses complex
computer simulations to study
physical interactions
of atoms and
molecules, which
can speed up
innovation in drug
discovery.
> Higher quality results
> Faster time to market
> Fewer expensive lab experiments
(can now be replaced by GPU-
powered simulations)
> Powerful simulation: For example,
Princeton University
researchers
are using GPUs
to simulate insect
behavior and save
crops from
destructive
locust swarms.
Research
> Biology
> Chemistry
> Engineering
> Math
> Physics
> Weather
Manufacturing
> Computer Aided Design
> Computer Aided
Engineering
Oil & Gas
> Seismic Processing
> Reservoir Simulation
> Seismic Interpretation
Defense
> Signal Processing
> Image Processing
> Video Analytics
Finance
> Risk Analytics
> Options & Equity
Pricing
> Insurance Annuity
Pricing
Medical & Life
Science Instruments
> Imaging & Analysis
Media & Entertainment
> Rendering
> Encoding & Digital Distribution
> Video Editing
> Color Correction
> Simulation
INDUSTRIES
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14. Top GPU-accelerated applications
Developer tools for proprietary applications
Customers with their own proprietary applications can also accelerate them with
GPUs. Direct your customer to NVIDIA’s extensive suite of developer tools at:
www.nvidia.com/parallelprogramming
Take a GPU for a free test drive!
Your customers can easily experience the performance of NVIDIA GPU
Accelerators by taking a free GPU Test Drive:
> Step 1: Register at www.nvidia.com/gputestdrive
> Step 2: Log into a remote server and try the latest GPU-accelerated
applications, or load the proprietary code.
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
Application
Performance
improvement
vs. CPU-only systems
Computational Chemistry
AMBER 89.44 Nanoseconds/day
GROMACS 165 Nanoseconds/day
LAMMPS 3-18x
NAMD 6.44 Nanoseconds/day
Q-CHEM 8-14x
Engineering
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
Mathematica Wolfram 2-20x
MATLAB 2-20x
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
NVIDIA®
Tesla®
GPU Accelerators are ideal
for optimizing performance in small and
medium server clusters, as well as the world’s
most powerful supercomputers.

15. 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).
DCC Digital content creation is a term that refers to the creation and modification of digital content,
such as animation, audio, graphics, images and video, as part of the production process before
presentation in its final form. This large field encompasses many segments such as 3D graphics,
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.
GPU Computing or GPU
Accelerated Computing
Use of a GPU (graphics processing unit) together with a CPU to accelerate general-purpose
scientific and engineering applications.
GPU Ray Tracing Use of the GPU to greatly accelerate ray trace rendering in solutions such as Iray, VRay-RT,
Octane, FinalRender, etc.
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.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Scientists studying
the physics of the
Big Bang need massive
computing power.
GPUs deliver 125x the
performance of other
systems.
Scientists using
GPU-powered systems
were able to crack the
genetic code behind a
deadly strain of E. coli.
GLOSSARY

16. TERM DESCRIPTION
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 NVIDIAQuadro®
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.
Nview NVIDIA software designed to manage and optimize your workspace over single or multiple
displays.
NVS Graphics cards designed for multi-monitor installations in commercial/office/financial settings.
Featured in both commercial PCs and workstations.
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
upgradeability. It is designed to be highly reliable and serviceable, and can be in the form
of a desktop or notebook.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS ContINUED
Tesla GPUs power
the Square Kilometer
Array, a radio frequency
telescope 10,000 times
more powerful than
any current telescope.
With Maximus
technology, designers
and engineers can
iterate and visualize
extremely quickly and
accurately, producing
more design variations
in less time.
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