The NVIDIA GRID appliance provides a remote GPU-accelerated workspace for up to 16 concurrent users.
Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.
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What would count as true or false
True: NVIDIA's GRID VCA (Visual Computing Appliance) specifications or announcement from GTC March 2013 state support for up to 16 concurrent users of remote GPU-accelerated workspaces. Mostly true: the official figure is 16 only for a particular configuration (the higher-end model, for example), or the figure is stated slightly differently. Mostly false: the appliance supported a substantially different maximum, or 16 concurrent users applies to a different GRID product rather than the appliance. False: official specifications show the appliance did not support anything like 16 concurrent users, or no such appliance offered remote workspaces.
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Evidence (4)
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E1 NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance NVIDIA (press release, GTC 2013) · 19 March 2013 Own record
“Its 16 NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA GRID VGX software provide NVIDIA® Quadro®-class graphics performance for up to 16 concurrent users, with low latency, high resolution and maximum interactivity for unparalleled quality of service.”
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E2 Nvidia GRID VCA delivers virtual 3D CAD workstations on demand Develop3D · 20 March 2013
“A single Nvidia GRID VCA can support up to 16 concurrent users, each of which is serviced by their own ‘virtual machine’.”
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E3 Nvidia Packages Virtual Graphics for the Enterprise with GRID PCMag · 20 March 2013
“Nvidia this week showcased its GRID Visual Computing Appliance (VCA), a 4U system for smaller organizations which uses 16 Kepler-class GPUs to deliver full virtual graphics performance to up to 16 Windows, Linux, or Mac clients on business networks.”
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E4 NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference report - fxguide fxguide · 20 March 2013
“The new GRID VCA is intended for small to medium size installations, allowing 8 concurrent connections for the base level system and 16 concurrent for the larger system.”
Reasoning
NVIDIA's GTC 2013 press release says the GRID VCA provides Quadro-class graphics for "up to 16 concurrent users" (E1). Independent reports from Develop3D and PCMag give the same maximum of 16 users (E2, E3). However, fxguide reports that the 16-user figure applies only to the larger system and that the base configuration allows 8 concurrent connections (E4). The criteria treat a figure that holds only for the higher-end model as mostly true.
Cite this claim
Jensen Huang, “The NVIDIA GRID appliance provides a remote GPU-accelerated workspace for up to 16 concurrent users.” (said March 2013). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_79dc6422e39f, method 0.1.0+03d23c0e, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_79dc6422e39f
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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