{"id":10375,"date":"2014-06-24T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2014-06-24T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T06:30:10","slug":"new-amd-professional-graphics-card-delivers-gpu-compute-power-for-future-ready-4k-workstation-workflows-and-personal-supercomputing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/10375-new-amd-professional-graphics-card-delivers-gpu-compute-power-for-future-ready-4k-workstation-workflows-and-personal-supercomputing\/","title":{"rendered":"New AMD<\/span> Professional Graphics Card Delivers GPU<\/span> Compute Power For Future-Ready 4K<\/span> Workstation Workflows and Personal Supercomputing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2500 AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 W8100<\/span> deli\u00advers 38X<\/span> more per\u00adfor\u00admance than clo\u00adsest com\u00adpe\u00adting product -<\/i><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. <\/b>\u2013 Jun. 23 2014 <\/b>\u2013 <\/b>AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today laun\u00adched the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 W8100<\/span> pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics card, enab\u00adling new levels of work\u00adsta\u00adtion per\u00adfor\u00admance deli\u00adver\u00aded by the company\u2019s second gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding AMD<\/span> Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre. With near\u00adly 38 times the per\u00adfor\u00admance of the clo\u00adsest com\u00adpe\u00adting pro\u00adduct based on dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon test\u00ading1<\/sup>, and powered by Open\u00adCL\u2122, the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> is desi\u00adgned for the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of 4K<\/span> CAD<\/span> (Com\u00adpu\u00adting Aided Design) and Media and Enter\u00adtain\u00adment (M&<\/span>E) work\u00adflows, engi\u00adnee\u00adring ana\u00adly\u00adsis and super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Bols\u00adte\u00adring the AMD<\/span> Pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal Gra\u00adphics pro\u00adduct fami\u00adly with yet ano\u00adther pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00adve work\u00adsta\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adon, the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> fea\u00adtures a best-in-class 8 GB<\/span> of GDDR5<\/span> memo\u00adry, up to 4.2 TFLOPS<\/span> of sin\u00adgle pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance, and unmat\u00adched dou\u00adble pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance of up to 2.1 TFLOPS<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Engi\u00adnee\u00adring Ana\u00adly\u00adsis is beco\u00adming incre\u00adasing\u00adly rele\u00advant for high-end work\u00adsta\u00adtion work\u00adflows, and 4K<\/span> dis\u00adplays dri\u00adve the need for more per\u00adfor\u00admance in media pro\u00adduc\u00adtion pipe\u00adlines,\u201d said David Cum\u00admings, seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal Gra\u00adphics at AMD<\/span>. \u201cBy adding the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span>, we\u2019ve expan\u00added the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro fami\u00adly to enable pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals \u2014 in coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with our hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware part\u00adners \u2014 with the right work\u00adsta\u00adtion per\u00adfor\u00admance they demand for next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon 4K<\/span> work\u00adflows and super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>At Dell, we belie\u00adve in pro\u00advi\u00adding our work\u00adsta\u00adtion cus\u00adto\u00admers with the most effec\u00adti\u00adve tools to accom\u00adplish their tasks \u2014 Dell Pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon work\u00adsta\u00adtions with AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics help give our cus\u00adto\u00admers tho\u00adse cru\u00adcial tools,\u201d said Andy Rho\u00addes, exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve direc\u00adtor, Dell Pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon work\u00adsta\u00adtions. \u201cUltra high-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon work\u00adflows and new appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons based on Open\u00adCL are beco\u00adming more of the rule than the excep\u00adti\u00adon for our cus\u00adto\u00admers. The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span>, desi\u00adgned for next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon 4K<\/span> CAD<\/span> and M&<\/span>E work\u00adflows, will be a gre\u00adat opti\u00adon for cus\u00adto\u00admers that demand high-level per\u00adfor\u00admance to tack\u00adle their deman\u00adding work\u00adflows and focus on their work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>HP<\/span> work\u00adsta\u00adtion cus\u00adto\u00admers will be empowered by the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> to be suc\u00adcessful with both com\u00adpu\u00adter aided engi\u00adnee\u00adring pro\u00adjects as well as digi\u00adtal crea\u00adti\u00adve efforts,\u201d said Jeff Wood, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, World\u00adwi\u00adde Pro\u00adduct Manage\u00adment, Com\u00admer\u00adcial Solu\u00adti\u00adons Busi\u00adness Unit, HP<\/span>. \u201cAMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> offers our work\u00adsta\u00adtion cus\u00adto\u00admers with the power and per\u00adfor\u00admance requi\u00adred for appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> mir\u00adrors the phi\u00adlo\u00adso\u00adphy that we pro\u00advi\u00adde in our soft\u00adware \u2013 uncom\u00adpro\u00admi\u00adsing qua\u00adli\u00adty matched with relia\u00adble tools,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Ban\u00adner\u00adman, vice-pre\u00adsi\u00addent mar\u00adke\u00adting, ASSIMILATE<\/span>. \u201cWe\u2019re start\u00ading to see a real tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon in our cus\u00adto\u00admer base to 4K<\/span> work\u00adflows as SCRATCH<\/span> artists make fea\u00adture films, tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon shows and com\u00admer\u00adcials by pushing the boun\u00adda\u00adries tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deli\u00advers. The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> com\u00adple\u00adments SCRATCH<\/span> by pro\u00advi\u00adding excep\u00adtio\u00adnal qua\u00adli\u00adty to work\u00adflow process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Through our inter\u00adnal test\u00ading we have deter\u00admi\u00adned that the new AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> gra\u00adphics card will enable our cus\u00adto\u00admers to impro\u00adve pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty based on indus\u00adtry lea\u00adding pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy,\u201d said Ray Bro\u00adwell, Lead Pro\u00adduct Mana\u00adger, ANSYS<\/span>, Inc.  \u201cANSYS<\/span> cus\u00adto\u00admers that hand\u00adle com\u00adplex sys\u00adtems and simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons will cer\u00adtain\u00adly bene\u00adfit from the per\u00adfor\u00admance, relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and valued cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon that the new AMD<\/span> pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics card provides.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> com\u00adple\u00adments our cur\u00adrent SIMULIA<\/span> release with acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and enhan\u00adces our cus\u00adto\u00admer sup\u00adport for work\u00adsta\u00adtions and ser\u00advers in mul\u00adti\u00adple envi\u00adron\u00adments for High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting,\u201d said Matt Dun\u00adbar, Soft\u00adware Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre Direc\u00adtor, SIMULIA<\/span>, Das\u00adsault Sys\u00adt\u00e8\u00admes. \u201cWith 8GB<\/span> of dedi\u00adca\u00adted fast memo\u00adry plus over 2 TFLOPS<\/span> of dual-pre\u00adcis\u00adi\u00adon floa\u00adting-point per\u00adfor\u00admance, AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> com\u00adbi\u00adnes with Aba\u00adqus to enable cus\u00adto\u00admers with the abili\u00adty to pro\u00adcess even lar\u00adger simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon data\u00adsets and deli\u00adver fas\u00adter, more accu\u00adra\u00adte and detail\u00aded results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adri\u00adan Thomp\u00adson, VP<\/span> of Mar\u00adke\u00adting for SAPPHIRE<\/span> Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, the Exclu\u00adsi\u00adve Glo\u00adbal Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon Part\u00adner for AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro com\u00admen\u00adted: \u201cThe AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> deli\u00advers the exci\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance levels the pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal user is loo\u00adking for across a broad ran\u00adge of com\u00adpu\u00adte and gra\u00adphi\u00adcal\u00adly inten\u00adsi\u00adve tasks, and is ide\u00adal not just for inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon into new work\u00adsta\u00adtions, but also deli\u00advers a stun\u00adning upgrade for users loo\u00adking to increase pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in today\u2019s deman\u00adding applications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> is the ide\u00adal pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal-gra\u00adde solu\u00adti\u00adon for CAD<\/span> as well as appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons dedi\u00adca\u00adted to video editing, color cor\u00adrec\u00adtion, com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adting, design visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon and GPU-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte tasks. The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> fea\u00adtures 8GB<\/span> of ultra-fast GDDR5<\/span> on-board memo\u00adry, desi\u00adgned to empower work\u00adsta\u00adtion users to load much lar\u00adger data\u00adsets or hand\u00adle ultra-HD video frames on the GPU<\/span>\u2019s inter\u00adnal memo\u00adry for pro\u00adces\u00adsing, dimi\u00adnis\u00adhing lag while impro\u00adving the over\u00adall respon\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adness of the work\u00adsta\u00adtion. Up to four AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> cards can be com\u00adbi\u00adned in a sin\u00adgle sys\u00adtem for sca\u00adlable GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance of over 16 TFLOPS<\/span>. The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro W8100<\/span> allows users to be pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00adve with up to four 4K<\/span> dis\u00adplay sup\u00adport and cer\u00adti\u00adfied appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance with dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted gra\u00adphics features.<\/p>\n

To address the increased requi\u00adre\u00adments for real-time 4K<\/span> pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty, the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro Ultra Work\u00adsta\u00adtion was crea\u00adted with input from indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders to bring to mar\u00adket sin\u00adgle- and mul\u00adti-GPU con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons based on the new AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 W8100<\/span> that can match the demand of com\u00adpu\u00adte-inten\u00adsi\u00adve appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Sup\u00adport\u00ading Work\u00adsta\u00adtion Sys\u00adtem Inte\u00adgra\u00adtors include: Arma\u00adri<\/a>, CARRI<\/span><\/a>, Col\u00adfax<\/a>, Exxact<\/a>, Mou\u00adse Com\u00adpu\u00adter<\/a>, PSSC<\/span> Labs<\/a>, Scan Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal<\/a>, Tarox<\/a>, Ver\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adle Dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon Ser\u00advices<\/a>, Work\u00adsta\u00adtion Spe\u00adcia\u00adlists<\/a> and Wort\u00admann<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 W8100<\/span> is available start\u00ading in July from AMD<\/span>\u2019s glo\u00adbal dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon part\u00adner SAPPHIRE<\/span> Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy<\/a>, AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 Ultra Work\u00adsta\u00adtion pro\u00advi\u00adders, and major work\u00adsta\u00adtion providers.<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 W8100<\/span> plus a sneak pre\u00adview of the forth\u00adco\u00adming AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 S9150<\/span> will be on dis\u00adplay at the AMD<\/span> exhi\u00adbit booth at Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Super Com\u00adpu\u00adting 2014<\/a> (#150).<\/p>\n

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