Nvidia GRID is a family of graphics processing units (GPUs) made by Nvidia, introduced in 2008, that is targeted specifically towards cloud gaming.[1] The Nvidia GRID includes both graphics processing and video encoding into a single device which is able to decrease the input to display latency of cloud based video game streaming.[2] Nvidia offer their own game streaming service that makes use of the Nvidia Grid that supports full 1080p at 60 frames per second over the Internet.[3]

This GRID K1 GPU provides VDI for four seats using four independent GK107 GPUs with 4 GB of graphics memory each.

While many of Nvidia’s cards are known for gaming, there has been a recent growth of business applications that are GPU-accelerated.[timeframe?] The Nvidia GRID K1 and K2 are being integrated with Supermicro server clusters for use with 3D-intensive applications such as graphics and computer aided design (CAD).[4] In 2015, Microsoft began including Nvidia GRID as part of its Azure Enterprise cloud platform targeted towards professionals such as engineers, designers and researchers.[5]

Specifications[6][7][8]
GRID K1 Grid K2
Microarchitecture Kepler
Number of GPUs 4× GK107 2× GK104
Number of CUDA cores 4× 192 2× 1536
Memory site 4× 4 GB DDR3 2× 4 GB DDR5
Max power 130 W 225 W


References

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  1. ^ Hou, Qingdong; Qiu, Chu; Mu, Kaihui; Qi, Quan; Lu, Yongquan (2014). A Cloud Gaming System Based on NVIDIA GRID GPU. 2014 13th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering and Science. pp. 73–77. doi:10.1109/DCABES.2014.19. ISBN 978-1-4799-4169-8.
  2. ^ Shea, Ryan; Liu, Liu; Ngai, Edith; Cui, Yong (2013). "Cloud gaming: Architecture and performance". IEEE Network. 27 (4): 16–24. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.394.1568. doi:10.1109/MNET.2013.6574660. S2CID 7712263.
  3. ^ Hardawar, Devindra (May 12, 2015). "NVIDIA's GRID cloud gaming service gets 1080p 60 FPS streaming". Engadget.
  4. ^ "Supermicro server platforms use NVIDIA GRID technology". Internet Business News. 24 May 2013. ProQuest 1354964616.
  5. ^ "NVIDIA GPUs to Accelerate Microsoft Azure" (Press release). NVIDIA. September 29, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "NVIDIA GRID K1". techpowerup. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  7. ^ "NVIDIA GRID K2". techpowerup. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  8. ^ "NVIDIA GRID K1 AND K2" (PDF). nvidia. Retrieved 2023-03-04.