AMD have launched the AMD FirePro™ W8100 professional graphics card based on their second generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. “Powered by OpenCL”, the AMD FirePro W8100 is designed for the next generation of 4K CAD (Computing Aided Design) and Media and Entertainment (M&E) workflows, engineering analysis and supercomputing applications. The AMD FirePro W8100 features an unrivalled 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, up to 4.2 TFLOPS of single precision and 2.1 TFLOPS double precision compute performance.
A good line-up of endorsements from ISV’s are included in the announcement alongside support from both HP and Dell.
"The introduction of the AMD FirePro W8100 complements our current SIMULIA release with accelerated compute performance and enhances our customer support for workstations and servers in multiple environments for High Performance Computing," said Matt Dunbar, Software Architecture Director, SIMULIA, Dassault Systèmes. "With 8GB of dedicated fast memory plus over 2 TFLOPS of dual-precision floating-point performance, AMD FirePro W8100 combines with Abaqus to enable customers with the ability to process even larger simulation datasets and deliver faster, more accurate and detailed results."
The AMD FirePro W8100 is expected to start shipping in July and for anyone at the International Super Computing 2014 show AMD will be offering a sneak preview of the forthcoming AMD FirePro™ S9150 (Booth #150).
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