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AMD Radeon Pro
Design firmAdvanced Micro Devices
TypeProfessional workstations

AMD Radeon Pro is AMD's replacement for its FirePro brand of professional orientated GPUs. The brand is intended for use in workstations and the running of Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer-generated imagery (CGI), Digital content creation (DCC), High-performance computing/GPGPU applications, and the creation and running of virtual reality programs and games.[1]

The Radeon Pro product line directly competes with Nvidia's Quadro and Tesla lines of professional workstation cards.[2]

Products

Main articles: List of AMD workstation GPUs and List of AMD mobile workstation GPUs

Radeon Pro Duo

The first card to be released under the Radeon Pro name was the dual GPU Radeon Pro Duo in the April of 2016. The card features two liquid cooled Fury X cores and was marketed strongly for both the running and creation of virtual reality content with the slogan ″For Gamers Who Create and Creators Who Game".[3][4] The aesthetics and marketing of the Pro Duo follow that of the rest of the Fury products in the 300 series.

Radeon Pro SSG

Using AMD Radeon's new Polaris architecture, the Radeon Pro SSG was unveiled in July 2016. SSG stands for Solid State Graphics, and the card will couple AMD's Polaris core with Solid-state storage to increase the frame buffer for rendering. This expansion of quick access storage will, therefore, relieve the issue of latency that occurs when a GPU has to retrieve information from a mass storage device via the CPU when a card's limited VRAM is maxed out in heavy workloads.[5] Users will be able to add up to 1TB of PCIe M.2 NAND flash memory to improve render and scrubbing times.[6]

Radeon Pro WX Series

The first Radeon Pro cards with the WX prefix to be announced were the WX 7100, the WX 5100 and the WX 4100 in July 2016.[2] These Polaris based cards are once again aimed at the traditional professional market and are set to replace the FirePro Wx100 series and FirePro Wx300 series. These cards, along with the Pro SSG, will use the new, non-toxic and energy efficient YInMn Blue, discovered by Mas Subramanian. This unique aesthetic for the Radeon Pro line will distinguish the professional products from the consumer Radeon series.[7]

The smallest card, the half-height WX 4100, is marketed for use in small form factor workstations.[8] Designed for real-time content engines and CAD and CAM manufacturing, the WX 5100 fits in between the WX 4100 and the WX 7100 in terms of performance, with the latter once again marketed with emphasis on the application of VR and other media creation, while claiming to be "The Most Affordable Workstation Solution".[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Amjad, Talha (9 August 2016). "AMD Radeon Rro WX Series GPUs: VR Content Creation And More". Tech Frag. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ung, Gordon Mah (25 July 2016). "AMD introduces a new Radeon Pro WX series to replace FirePro". PC World. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Radeon Pro Duo". AMD. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ^ Ung, Gordon Mah (14 March 2016). "AMD's $1,500 dual-GPU Radeon Pro Duo graphics card is built for virtual reality". PC World. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ^ Evangelho, Jason (26 July 2016). "AMD's Radeon Pro SSG Could Be A Game Changer For Developers And Content Creators". Forbes. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ^ Walton, Mark (26 July 2016). "AMD unveils Radeon Pro SSG graphics card with up to 1TB of M.2 flash memory". Ars Technica. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Radeon Pro WX Series and YInMn Blue". YouTube. AMD. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Radeon™ Pro Graphics". AMD. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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