AMD Introduces Industry Server Graphics Processors

AMD has launched the AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000, industry’s dual- and single-slot server graphics cards for compute, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and workstation graphics deployments in datacentres. Equipped with next-generation Graphics Core Next architecture and intelligent AMD PowerTune and ZeroCore Power technologies, the AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 reduce power consumption by up to 95 percent at idle, meaning greater savings and reduced operating costs in the datacentre.

By using the AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 server graphics, information technology (IT) managers can now effectively address a number of daily datacentre challenges, while empowering IT professionals to manage intense workloads securely from virtually anywhere in the world at virtually any time. By having the flexibility to set up multiple virtual desktops, scientists, engineers and graphics professionals can have access to accelerated productivity suites including computer aided design (CAD), and media and entertainment (M&E) applications, offering them workstation-class performance in a scalable network environment.

In a separate announcement, AMD also launched its new AMD Opteron processor-based servers designed for virtualisation environments; offering superior value and performance scalability as server utilisation increases in the cloud.

“More companies want to virtualise their IT ecosystem in order to do more with less while remaining responsive to the needs of their users,” said David Cummings, Senior Director and General Manager, Professional Graphics, AMD. “With the arrival of the AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 GPUs, we are responding to these needs by providing a seamless solution. Our server graphics not only provide an unrivaled feature set for datacentre customers, but blistering compute performance and outstanding power efficiency.”

The AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 server graphics bring improved VDI densities while supporting virtualisation technologies from Citrix, Microsoft and VMware, making it possible to install multiple graphics cards in a server and support multiple users remotely. Users can also access their desktops from virtually any device of their choosing, from thin clients to laptops, to tablets to smartphones – with outstanding graphics performance.

With Corporate Desktop Replacement running on AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 server graphics and Microsoft RemoteFX, IT professionals can power multiple end users running common office applications from one GPU installed in a server. These new server graphics cards also support direct GPU pass-through for Citrix XenServer.

Both server graphics cards offer a flexible and scalable solution capable of supporting remote desktop deployments; render farms, traditional workstation graphics applications, and high performance computing (HPC) implementations that require massive floating point calculations. With a single unified driver, deploying the AMD FirePro S9000 and S7000 server graphics in the datacentre can enable IT groups to reduce operating costs and time spent on servicing individual systems, increase asset utilisation density, improve user experience and ultimately secure critical data.