This is a guest post by Isidro Gonzalez, Sr. Market Development Executive, AMD.
The first thing I noticed at Microsoft Ignite this year is that Win10 is all about the user experience: apps, OS, data and access all flowing together to present a seamless, continuously updated workstream.
AMD was there to support Microsoft’s preview announcements of GPU-enabled NVv4 instances in Azure and the NV Series in Azure Stack. We have worked with Azure to enable GPU Partitioning, which allows a GPU to be subdivided into portions that can be assigned independently to a VM.
The second thing I noticed is that cloud adoption is all about the deployment experience, which is where our friends at Citrix come in.
Citrix demonstrated the user experience for Microsoft Windows 10 EVD with Citrix Virtual Apps — running in VMs powered by AMD Epyc Gen2 CPUs and Radeon Instinct MI25 GPUs — in conjunction with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service. Citrix HDX 3D Pro technologies optimize the performance of graphics-intensive 3D professional applications for Windows and Linux virtual desktops. Slow-rendering graphics due to network lag are no longer an issue. Visually lossless deep compression enables users to collaborate in real time on pixel-perfect images.
Here’s a 30-second clip of how it looks with five simultaneous users.
Some people tweeted that the user experience was almost lifelike!
NVv4 instances with AMD GPUs and Citrix Cloud, the Win10 experience just about jumps off the screen! https://t.co/k7iwxRqFzJ #MSIgnite2019 #CitrixSelfie #amdserver pic.twitter.com/rEXoEXGAj4
— IG_RadeonPro (@IRadeonpro) November 7, 2019
At the Citrix booth, I was able to visit SeanDo’s Sandbox (@SeanDo40) to discuss the benefits of the NVv4 instances a bit more.
Breaking News re: cloud hosted GPU
Always a good #vGPU catch up w/ Isidro Gonzalez from #amdserver in the #Citrix booth at #MSIgnite. #amdepyc
^SD pic.twitter.com/H1Eu6FESKE— CitrixPartnerNetwork (@CitrixPartners) November 7, 2019
So how do you get your hands on these GPU-enabled NVv4 instances in Azure? Right now, the only way is to sign up for the public preview. And, if you are interested in the Azure Stack Hub implementation, fill out the preview interest form.
