New AMD Professional Graphics Card Delivers GPU Compute Power for
Future-Ready 4K Workstation Workflows and Personal Supercomputing
AMD FirePro(TM) W8100 Delivers 38X More Performance Than Closest
Competing Product
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 23, 2014) - AMD (NYSE:
AMD) today launched the AMD FirePro™ W8100 professional graphics
card, enabling new levels of workstation performance delivered by
the company's second generation, industry-leading AMD Graphics Core
Next (GCN) architecture. With nearly 38 times the performance of
the closest competing product based on double precision testing1,
and powered by OpenCL™, the AMD FirePro W8100 is designed for the
next generation of 4K CAD (Computing Aided Design) and Media and
Entertainment (M&E) workflows, engineering analysis and
supercomputing applications. Bolstering the AMD Professional
Graphics product family with yet another productive workstation
solution, the AMD FirePro W8100 features a best-in-class 8 GB of
GDDR5 memory, up to 4.2 TFLOPS of single precision compute
performance, and unmatched double precision compute performance of
up to 2.1 TFLOPS.
"Engineering Analysis is becoming increasingly relevant for
high-end workstation workflows, and 4K displays drive the need for
more performance in media production pipelines," said David
Cummings, senior director and general manager, Professional
Graphics at AMD. "By adding the AMD FirePro W8100, we've expanded
the AMD FirePro family to enable professionals -- in cooperation
with our hardware and software partners -- with the right
workstation performance they demand for next generation 4K
workflows and supercomputing applications."
"At Dell, we believe in providing our workstation customers with
the most effective tools to accomplish their tasks -- Dell
Precision workstations with AMD FirePro professional graphics help
give our customers those crucial tools," said Andy Rhodes,
executive director, Dell Precision workstations. "Ultra
high-resolution workflows and new applications based on OpenCL are
becoming more of the rule than the exception for our customers. The
AMD FirePro W8100, designed for next generation 4K CAD and M&E
workflows, will be a great option for customers that demand
high-level performance to tackle their demanding workflows and
focus on their work."
"HP workstation customers will be empowered by the AMD FirePro
W8100 to be successful with both computer aided engineering
projects as well as digital creative efforts," said Jeff Wood, vice
president, Worldwide Product Management, Commercial Solutions
Business Unit, HP. "AMD FirePro W8100 offers our workstation
customers with the power and performance required for application
success."
"AMD FirePro W8100 mirrors the philosophy that we provide in our
software -- uncompromising quality matched with reliable tools,"
said Steve Bannerman, vice-president marketing, ASSIMILATE. "We're
starting to see a real transition in our customer base to 4K
workflows as SCRATCH artists make feature films, television shows
and commercials by pushing the boundaries technology delivers. The
AMD FirePro W8100 complements SCRATCH by providing exceptional
quality to workflow process."
"Through our internal testing we have determined that the new
AMD FirePro W8100 graphics card will enable our customers to
improve productivity based on industry leading professional
graphics technology," said Ray Browell, Lead Product Manager,
ANSYS, Inc. "ANSYS customers that handle complex systems and
simulations will certainly benefit from the performance,
reliability and valued certification that the new AMD professional
graphics card provides."
"The introduction of the AMD FirePro W8100 complements our
current SIMULIA release with accelerated compute performance and
enhances our customer support for workstations and servers in
multiple environments for High Performance Computing," said Matt
Dunbar, Software Architecture Director, SIMULIA, Dassault Systèmes.
"With 8GB of dedicated fast memory plus over 2 TFLOPS of
dual-precision floating-point performance, AMD FirePro W8100
combines with Abaqus to enable customers with the ability to
process even larger simulation datasets and deliver faster, more
accurate and detailed results."
Adrian Thompson, VP of Marketing for SAPPHIRE Technology, the
Exclusive Global Distribution Partner for AMD FirePro commented:
"The AMD FirePro W8100 delivers the exciting performance levels the
professional user is looking for across a broad range of compute
and graphically intensive tasks, and is ideal not just for
integration into new workstations, but also delivers a stunning
upgrade for users looking to increase productivity in today's
demanding applications."
The AMD FirePro W8100 is the ideal professional-grade solution
for CAD as well as applications dedicated to video editing, color
correction, compositing, design visualization and GPU-accelerated
compute tasks. The AMD FirePro W8100 features 8GB of ultra-fast
GDDR5 on-board memory, designed to empower workstation users to
load much larger datasets or handle ultra-HD video frames on the
GPU's internal memory for processing, diminishing lag while
improving the overall responsiveness of the workstation. Up to four
AMD FirePro W8100 cards can be combined in a single system for
scalable GPU compute performance of over 16 TFLOPS. The AMD FirePro
W8100 allows users to be productive with up to four 4K display
support and certified application performance with differentiated
graphics features.
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™ W8100 that
can match the demand of compute-intensive applications. Supporting
Workstation System Integrators include: Armari, CARRI, Colfax,
Exxact, Mouse Computer, PSSC Labs, Scan International, Tarox,
Versatile Distribution Services, Workstation Specialists and
Wortmann.
The AMD FirePro™ W8100 is available starting in July from AMD's
global distribution partner SAPPHIRE Technology, AMD FirePro™ Ultra
Workstation providers, and major workstation providers.
The AMD FirePro™ W8100 plus a sneak preview of the forthcoming
AMD FirePro™ S9150 will be on display at the AMD exhibit booth at
International Super Computing 2014 (#150).
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about AMD FirePro W8100
- Learn more about applications certified for AMD FirePro
W8100
- Learn more the AMD Ultra Workstation reference design
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow AMD professional graphics on Twitter- @AMDFirePro
About AMD
AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and integrates technology that powers
millions of intelligent devices, including personal computers,
tablets, game consoles and cloud servers that define the new era of
surround computing. AMD solutions enable people everywhere to
realize the full potential of their favorite devices and
applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more
information, visit www.amd.com.
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owners. OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple
Inc. used by permission by Khronos
1 SiSoftware Sandra test details: System
Description: AMD FirePro W8100 vs. Nvidia Quadro K5000 - Dell
T3610, Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 @ 3.60 GHz, 8GB DDR3, Seagate HDD
7200RPM, Win7 64-bit SP1, 1920x1080 resolution AMD Driver
13.352.1009 | Nvidia Driver 333.11
Contact: John Swinimer AMD Public Relations (289) 695-0600
john.swinimer@amd.com
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