AMD Flagship Professional Graphics Deliver the Ultimate Real-Time
4K Experience for Next Generation Workstations
New AMD FirePro(TM) W9100 Graphics Card Delivers Industry-First
16GB GDDR5 Ultra-Fast On-Board Memory, Over 2 TFLOPS of Double
Precision Compute Performance, and 4K Multi-Display Support That
Professionals Need to Push the Limit of What's Possible Today
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2014) - AMD (NYSE: AMD)
today launched the AMD FirePro™ W9100 professional graphics card
designed for the next generation of 4K workstations accelerated by
OpenCL™ (Open Computing Language). With cutting-edge graphics, up
to 2.62 TFLOPS double precision of industry leading GPU compute
power1 and ultra-high resolution (4K) multi-display capabilities,
video, design and engineering professionals can work at a whole new
level of detail, speed, responsiveness and creativity.
With an industry first 16GB of ultra-fast GDDR5 memory,
workstation users can multi-task efficiently across up to six 4K
displays2, load massive assemblies and data sets to manipulate
them, or edit, color-correct and layer in multiple effects to 4K
video projects, all in real-time. Powered by AMD's latest Graphics
Core Next architecture, AMD FirePro W9100 gives creative
professionals supercomputing-class performance from a single
GPU.
"Now is the time when 4K displays are more readily available and
accessible," said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and
general manager of AMD Graphics. "We're seeing even more
applications demand increased memory support while pushing the
limits of real-time 4K video production and rendering. AMD has
delivered a product at the right time to meet these needs -- the
new AMD FirePro W9100 professional graphics card -- designed for
the most demanding workflows in next-generation workstations. As
AMD's flagship professional graphics card, the AMD FirePro W9100
delivers cutting-edge graphics performance, industry-leading
compute power from a single GPU and is equipped with an
industry-first 16GB GDDR5 of ultra-fast on-board memory -- the
largest frame buffer graphics card ever built. With such
visual supercomputing performance, professionals can work on the
most complex engineering and creative projects in ultra-high
resolutions, helping them to keep track of even the smallest
details."
"Our customers will quickly see the potential that AMD FirePro
W9100 brings to the table -- an impressively powerful card to take
on the largest most complex engineering and creative projects,"
said Jeff Wood, vice president, Worldwide Product Management,
Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP. "We are pleased that AMD
has validated the FirePro W9100 in accordance to HP's Tested and
Certified partner program for the HP Z820 and HP Z620 Workstations
and has made the solution available for customer or channel
integration."
"Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, included in Adobe Creative Cloud™, is
blazing on the new AMD FirePro W9100. We've had it in the lab and
we're seeing some pretty astonishing results," said Al Mooney,
Senior Product Manager, Professional Video Solutions, Adobe. "Adobe
and AMD have worked closely for a long time making sure our
customers are empowered to be creative with fast and efficient
workflows. Combining our apps with AMD's solution allows our
customers to focus on doing what they love."
"AMD FirePro W9100 with OpenCL support for DaVinci Resolve is
incredibly important for our customers to be able to process images
and effects as quickly as possible," said Dan May, president,
Blackmagic Design. "AMD FirePro W9100 is a terrific card with 16GB
of GPU muscle to support a wide variety of grades, blurs and
effects when working with Ultra HD. We're excited by the results
that AMD FirePro W9100 and OpenCL provide for DaVinci Resolve
customers to be creatively artistic without limitations."
"At Taylor James, we get to work on some very heavy scenes that
constantly test our hardware platforms," said David Wortley,
Technical Director, Taylor James. "In our lab tests, we took some
of our heaviest data which previously required disabling textures
and lighting to give a usable performance. With the AMD
FirePro W9100 included in our test workflow, we were able to have
all our data loaded with real-time shadows and realistic materials
in the viewport in 3ds Max. That was never possible before.
Additionally, OpenCL with VRay RT offered efficient performance so
we were able to obtain near-instant results when composing shots
involving heavy CAD data."
"Dell and AMD believe in enabling professionals with the
performance and power required to achieve their mission-critical
projects backed by the collaboration of Dell Precision workstations
with AMD FirePro professional graphics," said Andy Rhodes,
executive director, Dell Precision workstations. "We've seen an
increase in ultra high-resolution workflows and new applications
based on OpenCL so we are looking to offer the AMD FirePro W9100,
which is designed to deliver the ultimate 4K experience for next
generation workstations, later this year. By combining Dell
Precision workstations with AMD FirePro W9100 graphics and Dell
UltraSharp 4K displays, creative and engineering professionals will
have the tools to work with 4K multi-display workflows and achieve
the results they desire."
"EnSight users demand powerful graphics support to manage the
complexity of large-scaled models required in every day finite
element analysis, computational fluid dynamics and medical MRI
visualizations," said Darin McKinnis, Vice President, Sales and
Marketing, CEI. "CEI is pleased to continue the successful
collaboration with AMD -- the AMD FirePro W9100 not only responds
to our validation testing, but it offers exception benefit for
massive displays for our users."
To address the increased requirements for real-time 4K
productivity, the AMD FirePro Ultra Workstation was created with
input from industry leaders to bring to market single- and
multi-GPU configurations based on the new AMD FirePro W9100 that
can match the demand of compute-intensive applications. Supporting
Workstation System Integrators include: Armari Ltd., BOXX
Technologies, Colfax, LumaForge, Mouse Computer, PSSC Labs, Scan
Computers Ltd., SilverDraft, Supermicro, TAROX, Versatile
Distribution Services, Workstation Specialists and Wortmann AG.
The AMD FirePro W9100 graphics features and benefits
include:
- 2.62 TFLOPS of peak double-precision GPU compute performance -
AMD FirePro W9100 graphics cards feature 1/2 rate double
precision1, enabling more than 2TFLOPS of peak double precision
performance on a graphics processor for the first time. Unlike
competing cards that are not optimized for double precision, AMD
FirePro W9100 workstation graphics cards offer the most double
precision performance, completing compute-intensive tasks faster
than ever believed possible.3
- 5.24 TFLOPS of peak single-precision GPU compute performance -
Helps speed up time required to complete single precision
operations used within Simulations, Post Production and Effects,
Signal Processing, Video Transcoding and Digital Rendering
applications where high performance takes precedence over
accuracy.
- 16GB GDDR5 Memory - Allows users to work at a whole new level
of speed and responsiveness with a 512-bit memory interface and 320
GB/s of memory bandwidth to edit 4K video, layer in multiple
effects and color correct on the fly, or load massive assemblies
and data sets and manipulate them in real time.
- Multi-GPU Support - Combine up to four AMD FirePro W9100
workstation graphics cards in a single desktop system and leverage
the combined processing power to work with multiple 4K video
streams in real-time, layer in effects, make color corrections and
edits on the fly.
- 4K Resolution - With six Mini DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, the
AMD FirePro W9100 can drive up to six 4K displays2.
- OpenCL™ 2.0 Support4 - Professionals can tap into the parallel
computing power of modern GPUs and multicore CPUs to accelerate
compute-intensive tasks in leading CAD/CAM/CAE and Media &
Entertainment applications that support OpenCL. The AMD FirePro
W9100 graphic card is designed for OpenCL 2.0, allowing developers
to take advantage of new features that give GPUs more freedom to do
the work they are designed to do.
The AMD FirePro Ultra Workstation features:
- Multi-GPU support based on the new AMD FirePro W9100
- Ready for OpenCL 2.0 applications
- Multi-display support for 4K and beyond
AMD FirePro W9100 is available this spring from AMD's global
distribution partner SAPPHIRE Technology, AMD FirePro Ultra
Workstation providers, and in HP Z820 and HP Z620 Workstations for
customer or channel integration.
A video webcast replay of the March 26th AMD FirePro W9100
introduction is accessible on AMD's Investor Relations homepage:
http://ir.amd.com. The replay of the webcast can be accessed for
approximately one year.
AMD FirePro™ W9100 is on display at the AMD exhibit booths at
NAB 2014 (#SL10405) and Hannover Messe (Hall 7, Stand E54).
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about AMD FirePro W9100
- Learn more the AMD Ultra Workstation reference design
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow AMD professional graphics on Twitter- @AMDFirePro
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new era of surround computing. AMD solutions enable people
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and applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For
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owners. OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple
Inc. used by permission by Khronos.
1 AMD FirePro™ W9100 graphics supports 1/2 rate double
precision; 5.24 TFLOPS single precision divided by two is 2.62
TFLOPS double. The Quadro K6000 supports 1/3 rate double precision,
Nvidia's highest rate as of April 2014; 5.19 TFLOPS single
precision divided by three is 1.73 TFLOPS double. Visit
http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/line_card/6660-nv-prographicssolutions-linecard-july13-final-lr.pdf
for Nvidia product specs. FP-88
2 Requires 4K displays and content; performance dependent on
file size. AMD Eyefinity technology supports up to six DisplayPort™
monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quantity,
type and resolution vary by model and board design; confirm
specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more
than two displays, or multiple displays from a single output,
additional hardware such as DisplayPort-ready monitors or
DisplayPort 1.2 MST-enabled hubs may be required. A maximum of
two active adapters is recommended for consumer systems. See
www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details.
3 AMD FirePro™ W9100 delivers 2.62 TFLOPS peak double precision
floating point performance, and Nvidia's highest performing card in
the market as of April 2014 is the Quadro K6000 with 1.72 TFLOPS
peak double precision. Visit
http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/line_card/6660-nv-prographicssolutions-linecard-july13-final-lr.pdf
for Nvidia product specs. FP-87, FP-89
4 AMD plans to release OpenCL 2.0 drivers for AMD FirePro
graphics cards in Q4 2014; conformance testing is planned at that
time.
Contact: John Swinimer AMD Public Relations (289) 695-0600
john.swinimer@amd.com
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