The NVIDIA GRID VCA BASE model costs $24,900 plus a $2,400/yr software license covering unlimited devices.
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Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
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What would count as true or false
True: NVIDIA's official March 2013 pricing for the GRID VCA base configuration, as announced (for example at GTC 2013), was a $24,900 hardware price plus a $2,400 per year software license covering unlimited devices. Mostly true: both figures match, but a minor detail differs, such as the license being described per seat or per user rather than for unlimited devices. Mostly false: one of the two figures (hardware price or annual license fee) differs from the stated amount. False: both figures differ, or no base model at this pricing existed.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance NVIDIA (nvidianews.nvidia.com) · 19 March 2013 Own record
“Available in the United States in May from authorized value-added resellers, NVIDIA GRID VCA is offered in 8 GPU or 16 GPU configurations, with pricing starting at $24,900, plus an annual software license of $2,400.”
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E2 GTC 2013: Jen-Hsun Huang Takes the Stage to Discuss NVIDIA's Future, New Hardware - PC Perspective PC Perspective · 19 March 2013
“On top of the hardware cost, NVIDIA is also charging licensing fees. While both GRID VCA devices can support unlimited devices, the licenses cost $2,400 and $4,800 per year respectively.”
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E3 GTC 2013: Jen-Hsun Huang Takes the Stage to Discuss NVIDIA's Future, New Hardware - PC Perspective PC Perspective · 19 March 2013
“The first will have 8 Kepler GPUs with 4GB of memory each, 16 CPU threads, and 192GB of system memory for $24,900.”
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E4 NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference report - fxguide fxguide · 20 March 2013
“8 GPU system with 16 threads of Xeon CPU and 192GB of system RAM ($24,900 + $2,400/year for software license).”
Reasoning
NVIDIA's March 19, 2013 announcement says pricing for the GRID VCA started at $24,900 plus an annual software license of $2,400 (E1). Independent GTC 2013 coverage ties the $24,900 price to the 8-GPU entry configuration (E3, E4). It also reports that both VCA configurations support unlimited devices, with licenses of $2,400 and $4,800 per year respectively (E2). Both figures and the unlimited-devices detail therefore match the claim about the base model.
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Jensen Huang, “The NVIDIA GRID VCA BASE model costs $24,900 plus a $2,400/yr software license covering unlimited devices.” (said March 2013). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_d1623c86aabd, method 0.1.0+03d23c0e, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d1623c86aabd
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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