NVIDIA VIRTUAL GPU AND
VMWARE HORIZON
END USER COMPUTING PLATFORM
Across the enterprise, there’s a growing need for graphics and compute
acceleration with fast, secure access from anywhere, on any device. Engineers, End User Computing Solutions For:
designers, and architects are using powerful applications that rely on graphics-
intensive datasets and need to be accessed by distributed teams from Public Sector
anywhere. At the same time, business users' requirements are rising. Flexible
Financial Services
work as well as modern productivity and collaboration tools are demand a
much higher level of graphics than before. Healthcare
Desktop virtualization untethers users, VMware partners with NVIDIA to deliver Education Manufacturing
enabling amazing mobility and productivity. best-in-class user experiences on any
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) enhance device. VMware Horizon® and NVIDIA™ Architecture
the VDI experience by offloading tasks from virtual GPU solutions for end user
the CPU to provide better performance computing together provide a full-spectrum
Engineering
and user experiences. Without a GPU, approach to enhancing end user experience
some accelerated graphics and compute and Whether it’s office productivity
workloads simply won’t run in a virtualized applications or professional visualization
Construction
environment or, at best, will run with a applications such as Autodesk Maya, IT is
reduced feature set. GPUs also broaden empowered to securely deliver feature-rich
the applicability of your VDI technology to virtual Windows or Linux desktops and the Media & Entertainment
support use cases that weren’t previously apps employees need to remain productive,
viable, and enable a cost-effective, scalable while improving the graphics performance
infrastructure that lets you expand every user expects.
virtualization to more users.
In collaboration with VMware
NVIDIA and VMware | Solution Overview | MAY 2021
NVIDIA Virtual GPUs with VMware Horizon Solutions
VMware Horizon with NVIDIA vGPU Key Benefits of the NVIDIA Virtual GPU
NVIDIA and VMware deliver an entire end-to-end platform for accelerated end user computing. and VMware Solution
The NVIDIA Virtual GPU (vGPU) software creates virtual GPUs that enable every virtual machine
(VM) to share a physical GPU installed on the server or allocate multiple GPUs to a single VM Immersive User Experience
to power the most demanding workloads. Running on VMware vSphere, users can benefit from An accelerated virtual desktop experience optimized for modern
live migration, DRS placement, as well as GPU sharing. Because work that was typically done productivity and collaboration tools with NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC)
by the CPU is offloaded to the GPU, the user has a much better experience, and demanding
Most efficient, powerful, high-end virtual workstation performance with
engineering and creative applications can be supported in a virtualized and cloud environment. NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS)
Work From Anywhere, Enabled Optimized App virtualization and delivery with NVIDIA Virtual Applications
(vApps) and Horizon Apps
VMware Horizon, accelerated by NVIDIA vGPUs, securely delivers virtual apps and desktops,
allowing users to seamlessly transition between the office and home.With NVIDIA vPC Better experience with NVIDIA virtual GPU products and
combined with VMware Horizon, remote workers benefit from animproved VDI experience with VMware Blast Extreme
office applications, web browsers, high-definition video and the Windows operating system,
all delivered securely from the data center. Using NVIDIA vWS and VMware Horizon, millions Full Digital Transformation Capability
of creative and technical professionals can access the most demanding applications from
No barriers and the ability to broaden the applicability of your VDI
whatever device they use, work from anywhere, and tackle larger datasets all while meeting the technology to support more knowledge worker use cases with NVIDIA
need for greater security. vPC and VMware Horizon
NVIDIA RTX vWS and VMware Horizon for support of accelerated graphics
and compute (NVIDIA CUDA® and OpenCL) workflows to streamline
NVIDIA + VMWARE END USER COMPUTING PLATFORM design and computer-aided engineering simulation
App Virtualization Professional
Greater Security For Mission-Critical Data
VDI
and Delivery Visualization
The ability to confidently enable global collaboration across your
VMware vSphere VMware Horizon workforce knowing that large, mission critical datasets are securely
Knowledge Worker/
centralized with RTX vWS, VMware Horizon, and VMware Intrinsic
Power User/
Remote Worker Solutions
NVIDIA vApps NVIDIA vPC NVIDIA RTX vWS
Single Platform, Lower Costs
VMware vSphere
VMware end-to-end platform and Horizon Cloud Control Plane
for reduced OpEx and NVIDIA vGPU licenses tailored to the EUC
requirements and budget
GPU Manager
Integration of NVIDIA virtual GPU performance metrics in VMware
Live Migration of GPU DRS Placement of GPU GPU Sharing
vRealize Operations (vROps) to support both RTX vWS and vPC use cases
NVIDIA GPU NVIDIA SmartNIC / DPU
IT Administrator
Peace of Mind with ISV Certifications
Industry-Leading
Appl ication Acceleration Network & Infrastructure Acceleration
Servers
A growing portfolio of certifications with the industry’s leading 3D
application ISVs with the vWS
NVIDIA VMware Partners
The NVIDIA virtual GPU solution is comprised of data center GPUs OEM Systems Partners
and software licensing components. Choose from three software
editions: NVIDIA Virtual Applications (vApps) and Virtual PC (vPC) for
standard office workers, and NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS) for
professional graphics users. The NVIDIA RTX vWS includes a certified
RTX driver to ensure that users get the same features expected of a
physical workstation, including anti-aliasing, realistic models, enhanced
application performance, and application certification.realistic models,
enhanced application performance, and application certification.
Virtual Applications Virtual Desktops
Also available from Asus, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, Inspur,
Nutanix, Sugon, Tyan, and Quanta. For a complete list of
certified hardware, visit www.nvidia.com/buygrid.
NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA RTX
Virtual Applications Virtual PC Virtual Workstation
Use with Citrix XenApp or other For virtual desktop delivering For professional graphics
RDSH solutions like VMware standard PC applications, applications; includes an
Horizon Hosted Apps browser, and multimedia. NVIDIA® RTX driver
VMware and NVIDIA collaborate closely during product development to assure stability and reliability of
the platform. As part of a joint Certification Program, NVIDIA virtual GPU solutions are thoroughly tested to
ensure that customers get the performance they expect.
For more information, visit https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/virtual-gpu-technology or vmware.com/products/horizon
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