FirePro S7100 graphics cards bring hardware GPU virtualization to life

AMD first revealed its plans for hardware-based GPU virtualization, called Multiuser GPU or MxGPU, in September of last year. Today, the company is taking the wraps off the first two FirePro server cards that incorporate those hardware features: the FirePro S7150 and the FirePro S7150 X2. AMD says these cards are ideal for delivering workstation-class graphics in virtual desktop infrastructure (or VDI) environments.

AMD believes the S7100-series cards will help organizations solve a couple of growing problems with workstation computing. For one, the company says organizations are dealing with increasingly large data sets, and those data sets need to remain secure, as well. In turn, ...