Nvidia is moving a step closer to putting any application on any device by debuting its new GRID 2.0 virtualisation technology.
Jumping to the top of the agenda at this week's VMWorld conference, the technology has been dubbed by Nvidia as being able to deliver the "most graphics-intensive apps to any device virtually" by hauling GPUs into the data centre.
Live this month
Grid, in its new guise, also provides a much higher level of support for apps and operating systems with Linux and Windows-based apps supported from the outset plus it now supports virtual desktops on blade servers as well as rack servers.
Various enterprises have started to use Grid 2.0 and a number of manufacturers including Dell, HP, Cisco and Lenovo are already implementing Grid 2.0 on 125 server models. It is even already out in the wild, albeit in a limited beta mode, with a range of corporate customers in the Fortune 500 world 'giving it a go. For everyone else, it goes live from September 15 and more information will be available for anyone attending VMWorld.