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	Graphics processing technology key to unlocking potential of major industries in Middle East “Graphics processing units (GPUs) are now becoming instrumental in transforming key industries in the Middle East, as GPUs are poised to unlock groundbreaking capabilities in areas such as oil and gas exploration, health, finance, digital content creation, and even climate change research” November 8, 2009 - AMWinfo.com
	Nvidia Releases Ray-Tracing API For Tesla, Quadro GPUs “The company released the NVIDIA OptiX ray tracing engine, a programmable ray tracing pipeline for software developers to achieve fast ray tracing results on NVIDIA GPUs using traditional C programming. While the potential of ultra-fast ray tracing is being quickly recognized by those serving.” November 4, 2009 - CDRinfo
	Quadro, Tesla users get free ray-tracing engine “OptiX "drastically shortens the development time required to create ray tracing apps, and it should see a great performance increase on Nvidia's next-generation Fermi graphics architecture.” November 3, 2009 - The Tech Report
	Next-Generation GPU Technology Opens New Doors “NVIDIA Quadro and Tesla GPU technology are accelerating the pace of oil & gas exploration like never before, streamlining workflow in a cost-effective manner, and making the impossible possible.” October 26, 2009 - E&P Daily News
	Top 10 Cool Things That Must Be Seen at HD EXPO – Createasphere ASSIMILATE'S ROCKET FUEL BUNDLE: RED ROCKET Quadro FX3800 SDI Board, and SCRATCH CINE v5.0 Workflow “The ROCKET FUEL bundle includes the needed tools for real-time ingest, conform, delivery and output of RED ONE(tm) 4K digital camera material. Created specifically for cost-sensitive indies, filmmakers, and post-production facilities. ASSIMILATE's ROCKET FUEL includes an Nvidia Quadro FX3800 SDI board, RED's RED Rocket card, and ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH(r) CINE 4K post workflow. ” October 26, 2009 - CEN
	GPUs: the next frontier in film “Technology and movie-making have always gone hand in hand but the latest breakthroughs are changing the very nature of the process.Those in the industry say that thanks to the role of graphics processing units (GPUs), the director's vision can be more fully realised.” October 20, 2009 - BBC
	Nvidia Kicks Graphics Up a (Big) Notch “NVIDIA Quadro DVP is a game changer for individuals and small production companies strapped for the cash to buy top graphics systems. It pushes the trend to harnessing GPUs for graphics, whether in production (virtual studios) or heavy-duty compositing and graphics.” October 20, 2009 - NYC Production & Post News
	GPU revolution poised to go public “GPUs have helped designers create microwaves that make crispy crusts. Researchers are working on odor-detecting devices that might diagnose cancer, and scientists are inventing cars with GPS that can see well enough to autopilot themselves.” October 16, 2009 - Variety
	Technology Feast: Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference Serves Up Appetizing Possibilities “1500 brilliant people--CEOs, CTOs, researchers, scientists, programmers, inventors, PhD candidates, entrepreneurs, and financiers--from universities, established companies, visual effects studios, animation studios, software vendors, venture capital companies, and approximately 60 start-ups attended sessions, shared ideas, announced products, and learned from each other at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC), September 30 to October 2.” October 5, 2009 - Computer Graphics World
	NVIDIA Imagines Computing's Next Age “The technology industry has been slipping into stagnation for much of this decade, with few companies making any effort to achieve feats thought to be impossible. Long gone, it seemed, were the dizzying days of discovering one amazing piece of hardware after another. The long drought may be over, though. The new golden age of GPU computing has begun. ” October 5, 2009 - TechNewsWorld
	Visualizing Health Research “Our intention when we bought the Cyviz system, and the NVidia Quadro Plex D2 rendering system that goes with it, was to render the 17 gigabyte, color cryosection, Visible Human Project male data set in stereo, in real time.” October 01, 2009
	A world with no strings Puppet master makes most of motion capture “By partnering with…videocard manufacturer Nvidia, the Henson team was able to develop its Digital Puppetry Studio, which builds on decades of R&D at the company, dating back to experiments with radio-controlled motors and transmitters in the late ’70s. Now, they could use the same interface pioneered for animatronic creatures to steer their new CG characters.” August 29, 2009 - Varierty
	NVIDIA Quadro Plex Pumps up Collaboration “NVIDIA is attempting to redefine how companies leverage visualization technology to more effectively collaborate with 3-D technology via a new line of scalable solutions based on Quadro Plex, what it bills as a multi-GPU visual computing system.” August 19, 2009 - Design News
	Digital Production Buzz podcast “Graphics Processor Units (GPU's) are revolutionizing high-end video and effects with their power and speed. Recently, NVIDIA announced the expansion of their line of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe CS4 users, optimized to run on a wide range of mid-range to ultra-high-end NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions for PC and Mac.” August 13, 2009 - Digital Production Buzz
	SIGGRAPH2009: Talking to NVIDIA “NVIDIA has actively engaged the software community to build tools around their CUDA systems, providing out-of-the-box value in areas like Physics simulations, ray-tracing, and high-end mathematics. Combine the drive to GPGPU with NVIDIA’s offerings to extremely high-end visualization, through the 4-GPU 16GB Quadro Plex systems, and they simply own the high-end marketplaces.” August 7, 2009 - VizWorld
	NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2009 “NVIDIA's Danny Shapiro talks about new video GPUs that are powering a host of applications for graphics and research.” August 6, 2009 - Post Magazine Video
	SIGGRAPH 2009 : NVIDIA flexes their Plex “If the theme Time Is Money mocks your slow previs of GPU renders - check these monsters out at booth #2101. Starting at just under $11,000 this is muscle for the biggest 3D beasts in the shop.” August 5, 2009 - Ninja Crayon - DMN
	Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 2 “The buzz so far? Aside from stereoscopic 3-D, GPU for film, with ILM’s collaboration with NVIDIA for the amazing fire sim on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the talk of the show, thanks to the mainstream coverage in The Wall Street Journal and the tech paper and panel on the topic.” August 4, 2009 - Animation World Network
	NVIDIA unveils new visualization solutions “NVIDIA has unveiled Quadro Plex solutions. The visual computing platforms are designed to power a wide range of ultra-high resolution and multi-channel collaboration environments - ranging from interpretation desktops to visualization walls to network operations centers.” August 4, 2009 - Offshore Magazine
	Film Effects Are Battleground Between Chip Rivals “The simulation was created by Lucasfilm Ltd.'s Industrial Light & Magic unit, which developed software that exploited the collective power of graphics chips from Nvidia Corp. in dozens of computer workstations.” July 28, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
	Autodesk Uses NVIDIA GPU Computing to Bolster Moldflow Software Performance “Autodesk, Inc. has increased the performance of the latest release of Autodesk Moldflow Insight 2010, part of its software suite for plastics injection molding, by leveraging GPU technology from NVIDIA Corporation.” July 1, 2009 - Desktop Engineering
	New NVIDIA GPU-accelerated Plug-ins Dramatically Boost Performance for Adobe Creative Suite4 Users “To ease that burden and enable greater levels of creativity, NVIDIA today announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions.” - Filmmaking Central Podcast
	City lab jazzes up Hindi films – DNA “Launched two-and-half years ago, NVIDIA’s Bollywood initiative is titled Digital Bollywood. It couples the NVIDIA technology with industry expertise from all over the world to help enable Indian film-makers be on a par with their global counterparts.” June 28, 2009 - DNA
	Advanced Visualization “A technology that is making a huge impact is the graphics processing unit (GPU), as it’s designed to advance real-time and off-line graphics. The inherently parallel architecture of a GPU has enabled a new level of programmability and performance, resulting in the capability to process much larger amounts of data and deliver an unprecedented level of graphics realism at ever-increasing speeds.” June 15, 2009 – RT Image
	A Bit of a Difference “At a tipping point: More professionals are reaching for 10-bit display precision. Finally, 10-bit imaging has come of age. A long time in the making, the technology’s newfound maturity is sparking interest that extends beyond its past niches and across a range of professional applications.” June 1, 2009 – Computer Graphics World
	The Guide to Building the System of Graphics Hardware for 2D and 3D Computer Aided Graphics Education - CAD/CAM “Quadro FX 370 and Quadro FX380 deliver a substantially better performance than these conventional graphics cards with the same price on professional software applications. Additionally, they deliver a higher stability and much longer service circle and warranty.” May 2009 – CAD/CAM
	NAB 09 : NVIDIA GPU monster for the Mac “The Quadro Plex monsters notwithstanding, this is one of the most exciting desktop GPU computing announcements for Mac users.” April 28, 2009 – Filmmaking Central
	Getting more from your GPU, NVIDIA style “The overarching message coming from NVIDIA is that their GPUs provide incredible power that’s largely been untapped by digital content producers to date. After what I saw in the [NAB] booth today, I totally agree.” April 21, 2009 – Millimeter
	NVIDIA introduces new Quadro card for Mac Pro “The world of high-end graphics workstations grew a bit this week, with NVIDIA announcing a new piece of hardware for the Mac Pro line of machines.” April 21, 2009 – TechSpot
	Build It: Ultimate Adobe CS4 Machine “But to the heavy CS4 user, the Quadro CX is worth every penny—it acts as a finely tuned accelerator for Photoshop and Premiere.” April 7, 2009 – PC Magazine
	NVIDIA announces powerful professional graphics lineup “NVIDIA has introduced it’s most powerful and advanced top-to-bottom line of Quadro professional GPU solutions in the Company’s history.” March 31, 2009 – Mechanical Design
	NVIDIA unveils new Quadro FX lineup “On what is arguably the biggest day for workstation-class hardware releases for some years NVIDIA has unveiled its new top-to-bottom line of Quadro FX professional GPU solutions, many of which will soon be available in new workstations from all the major manufacturers.” March 30, 2009 – Develop3D
	NVIDIA Delivers New Quadro GPUs, SLI Multi-OS “The company has today introduced a mind-blowing new array of GPUs, obviously catering to the professional set but intriguing from a technology standpoint to the consumer.” March 30, 2009 – Hot Hardware
	NVIDIA Quadro GPUs and SLI Multi-OS Software on the Way “The new cards offer deeper, richer image quality by, in some cases, increasing the number of color variations from millions to billions. One area where these benefits are realized, said Fitzpatrick, is in ray tracing, a technique in which images are mathematically generated to a near photo-realistic quality.” March 25, 2009 – eWeek
	GPUs take the lead in workstation power “Your workstation is going to get significantly faster or significantly smaller, maybe even both. Either way, parallel [GPU] processing is the way to go. Moore’s law will soon lose touch with technology and the next generation of processing power will be upon us.” March 11, 2009 – Mechanical Design

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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 for Mac “If you need a professional choice when it comes to workstation-level graphics on the Mac Pro, then look no further than the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800.” November 5, 2009 – Layers Magazine
	Quadro FX 1800- Editors Recommendation for Mid -Range Professional Graphics Card “The Quadro FX1800 has performed very well indeed throughout and, in the correct hands an extremely powerful piece of equipment that will keep the mid range end-user going for some time to come.” October 20, 2009 – 3D Professor
	REVIEW: BOXX'S 8500 WORKSTATION “We put this Boxx 8500 through some extreme workouts, and it performed fantastically… In terms of graphic rendering, the 8500 models use the Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 with 1GB of memory built in.” October 1, 2009 – Post
	BSN* The Ultimate Workstation: Of Virtual Cities and Walkthroughs... “optimized drivers and the enormous 4GB frame buffer make up for "heaven and earth" sized difference in performance.” September 14, 2009 – BSN
	rt image’s MVP “NVIDIA’s Quadro FX 5800 is transforming the way medical professionals solve complex visualization challenges.” September 9, 2009 – RT Image
	BSN* presents The Ultimate Workstation: Part I “It's not just the raw GPU speed, but the card-level optimizations like gigantic memory for visualization of large datasets; properly certified and tested drivers and application environments for precise error-free OpenGL display of complex engineering objects in real-time 3D; and, of course, well tuned OpenGL capabilities beyond what you usually see on consumer-class GPUs.” September 9, 2009 – BSN
	Elemental Accelerator on NVIDIA Quadro GPUs “The Elemental Accelerator is a plugin for Adobe Media Encoder CS4 that harnesses the computing power of high end NVIDIA Quadro GPUs to encode video files faster.” September 1, 2009
	NVIDIA Quadro FX vs. ATI FirePro: Professional Graphics Accelerators Roundup “NVIDIA solutions came out of the tests as the winners. First of all, there are some unique products in Quadro 10th generation which AMD has nothing to compare with [Quadro FX 4800 and Quadro FX 5800]… In addition, only NVIDIA can offer to professional people solutions equipped with an unprecedented amount of video memory, useful for processing and modelling of 3D objects of excess complexity.” – Xbitlabs
	FirePro-Quadro Showdown “Informed power users know that professional graphics cards center on the same hardware architectures used to drive gaming boards. That fact alone is enough to create skepticism about the value of buying an ATI FirePro- or NVIDIA Quadro FX-branded product.” – Computer Power User
	Making Perfection Even Better on the HP xw8600 Workstation “On the SPECapc Viewperf graphics benchmark, the HP xw8600 equipped with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 turned in the fastest results we’ve ever recorded on all eight datasets.” – Desktop Engineering
	NVIDIA Quadro CX – POST “The CX board allows me to work more fluidly and interactively with my comps than ever before possible, saving a bunch of time and streamlining my creative process.” – POST
	NVIDIA Quadro CX “Now while CS4's GPU acceleration will work with any modern video card that supports OpenGL 2.1 and shader model 3.0 and above, it does it better on the Quadro CX card, and it has something extra the other's don't.” – CG Channel
	Quadro Digital Video Pipeline – 2009 NAB Best of Show Vidy Award “As the longest-running NAB awards program, Videography’s NAB Vidy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology.” Learn more > – Videography
	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 – Highly Recommended “The Quadro FX 4800 graphics card provides excellent performance combined with features that make it a great choice for CAD, engineering, and digital-content creation professionals. With its extensive software certifications, support for 30-bit color displays, and enhanced connectivity options, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 is a professional-level product for professional users.” Learn more > – Cadalyst
	Quadro FX 4800 - Editor's Choice “The Quadro FX 4800's performance benchmark results are convincing, besting those of the V8700 in 10 out of 14 tests. Likewise, power consumption and quieter operation also fall in the FX 4800's favor. For these reasons, we bestow the Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 with our Editor's Choice designation.” Learn more > – Tom's Hardware
	Quadro FX 3800 - EDITORS CHOICE for High -End Professional Graphics Card “Ultimately with the initial impressions demonstrated; it would appear that the NVIDIA Quadro FX3800 is a resourceful professional high-end card that competes in all sectors. Therefore giving the end users from all walks of life within the professional graphics industry many optional upgrades without having to break the bank.” Learn more > – 3D Professor
	Hot Hardware Approved: NVIDIA QuadroFX 4800 “Definitely a positive step forward for the NVIDIA workstation graphics card lineup.” Learn more > – Hot Hardware
	Awards Quadro FX 5800 and Quadro FX 4800 with 4 stars “HardwareZone Awards Quadro FX 5800 and Quadro FX 4800 with 4 stars.” Learn more >
	Awards Quadro CX with 4.5 stars “HardwareZone Awards Quadro CX with 4.5 stars.” Learn more >
	Cadalyst All-Star Awards 2008 “The NVIDIA FX 3700 is a high-performance, PCIe2-compliant graphics card with support for both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, making it suitable for Windows XP and Vista CAD and engineering systems. In the tests we reported in our June issue, this card produced great performance numbers, and LaFon anticipated seeing even better performance as the card becomes available in speedy new workstations.” Learn more > – Cadalyst
Professional Card Roundup “All this adds up to an edge for NVIDIA's Quadro line over the AMD FirePro, unless of course you have a focus on the applications used in the two benchmarks AMD excelled at (UGS Teamcenter and UGX NX).” Learn more > – PC Perspective
Top Ten AEC Technology Trends Review for 2008 “With advances in GPU architecture, added graphics memory and 30-bit color, the Quadro FX 4800 gives professionals the right toolset to dramatically push the boundaries of realism, performance and quality.” Learn more > – AECCafé Weekly

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Ohio Supercomputing Center Offers Remote Interactive Visualization Using NVIDIA Quadro Plex 2200 S4 Supplied by PNY and JRTI PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- PNY(R) Technologies and James River Technical, Inc, (JRTI) announced today that the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) has taken delivery of multiple NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) Plex 2200 S4 systems to be integrated into its "lights out" operation room at the State of Ohio Computing Center. These dedicated multi-GPU visual computing solutions will allow Ohio's academic and industry researchers, for the first time, to visualize and interact with extremely large models remotely from their classrooms or labs.
NVIDIA and VSG Accelerate Oil & Gas Exploration SEG 2009, HOUSTON — Oct. 26, 2009— NVIDIA and Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), a leader in 3D development solutions for the oil & gas industry, announced today that the newest release of the Open Inventor 3D Graphics Toolkit will employ the NVIDIA® CompleX™ scene-scaling acceleration engine, enabling the visualization and manipulation of huge data sets required for energy exploration.
Energy Giant Hess Explores Benefits of Virtualization, NVIDIA SLI Multi OS Technology on HP Workstations SEG 2009, HOUSTON —Oct. 26, 2009— NVIDIA announced today that Hess Corp., a leading global independent energy company, is using HP Z800 workstations outfitted with NVIDIA® Quadro® graphics processing units (GPUs) and NVIDIA SLI® Multi-OS technology to investigate reducing IT costs while increasing productivity for geosciences professionals.
NVIDIA RealityServer Propels 3D Cloud Computing Using GPUs Web 2.0 Summit, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Oct. 20, 2009 — NVIDIA, inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU), and mental images, world leader in rendering technologies, introduced today the NVIDIA® RealityServer® platform for cloud computing, a powerful combination of GPUs and software that streams interactive, photorealistic 3D applications to any web connected PC, laptop, netbook and smart phone.
Sony Pictures Imageworks Creates Tornado Out Of Spaghetti Sauce With The Help Of NVIDIA Technology SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sept. 29, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation, the inventor of the graphics processing unit (GPU), announced today that Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) utilized NVIDIA® Quadro® processors to accelerate animation and visual effects production of their latest hit film “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”.
Portable CUDA Development Systems and High-Density Rackmount Servers from NextComputing at GPU Technology Conference “Nashua, NH - September 23, 2009 - NextComputing, manufacturer of portable and small form-factor workstations and servers, will demonstrate its solutions for NVIDIA® CUDA™ developers at the GPU Technology Conference, September 30th through Oct 2nd, at The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA. The CUDA parallel computing architecture enables NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to help solve the world's most complex computational problems in a fraction of the time taken by CPUs.”
NVIDIA Premieres Quadro Digital Video Pipeline to International Broadcast and Film Studios at IBC 2009 IBC 2009, Amsterdam—SEP. 10, 2009 — NVIDIA Corporation today announced the international premiere and release of the NVIDIA® Quadro® Digital Video Pipeline, the industry’s first integrated, GPU-based platform for real-time acquisition, processing and delivery of high resolution video.
NVIDIA CUDA Drives Innovation in Broadcast and Film Production IBC 2009, AMSTERDAM—SEP. 10, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual computing, is making it possible for production houses to work faster and easier with the immense quantity of high-resolution data generated for HDTV, Blu-Ray and 4K digital cinema.
NVIDIA and ELEMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES “Elemental Technologies today announced the availability of Elemental™ Accelerator 2.1 which leverages NVIDIA Quadro GPUs for accelerating the creation of MPEG-2 output files and which offers an expanded suite of conforming H.264 video presets.” August 24, 2009 - Elemental Technologies
NVIDIA Congratulates Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™ on Winning Primetime Emmy Engineering Award SANTA CLARA, Calif. —Aug. 26, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation congratulates a premier technology partner, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, on winning an Engineering Emmy at the 61st Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards, held Saturday, Aug. 22 in Los Angeles.
NVIDIA Unveils Breakthrough Solutions For Enterprise Collaboration And Visualization Centers SIGGRAPH 2009, NEW ORLEANS—Aug. 4, 2009—NVIDIA today unveiled new breakthrough Quadro® Plex solutions targeted at scalable visualization professionals who interact with 3D models and analyze large volumes of data.
NVIDIA Launches The World's First Interactive Ray Tracing Engine SIGGRAPH 2009, NEW ORLEANS—Aug. 4, 2009—NVIDIA, the leader in GPU computing, today introduced the NVIDIA® OptiX™ ray tracing engine, part of a suite of application acceleration engines for software developers.
NVIDIA Quadro Processors Propel 3D Design To New Heights For Autocad 2010 Users SANTA CLARA, CA—July 14, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation today announced that the NVIDIA® Quadro® line of professional solutions is now optimized for Autodesk AutoCAD 2010.
New NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Plug-Ins Dramatically Boost Performance For Adobe Creative Suite 4 Users SANTA CLARA, CA—June 29, 2009—Professional videographers face continuous pressure to deliver high quality work under tight deadlines.
NVIDIA Brings Highly Acclaimed Quadro FX 4800 To MAC Market NAB 2009 — LAS VEGAS — April 20, 2009 — NVIDIA today brings to Mac Pro users its award-winning NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 4800, the market’s most advanced professional graphics card.
NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Integrated GPU Platform For Broadcast Production NAB 2009, LAS VEGAS—April 20, 2009—NVIDIA Corporation today introduced the NVIDIA® Quadro® Digital Video Pipeline, the industry’s first integrated GPU-based platform for broadcasters to acquire, process and deliver virtual effects to video.
NVIDIA Introduces Industry’s Most Powerful Professional Graphics LineUp SANTA CLARA, CA. — MARCH 30, 2009 — Whether designing the next aircraft or delivering seven-day weather forecasts, today’s professionals seek a reliable, robust visualization platform designed to address their unique challenges and needs. Highlighting a decade of innovation, driven by the needs of the most demanding professionals, NVIDIA today introduced its most powerful and advanced top-to-bottom line of Quadro® professional GPU solutions in the Company’s history.
NVIDIA SLI Multi-OS Empowers World’s First Virtualized Graphics Workstation SANTA CLARA, CA. — MARCH 30, 2009 — NVIDIA, the inventor of the GPU, today introduced NVIDIA® SLI® Multi-OS, a ground-breaking technology that allows users and visualization applications, for the first time, to take full advantage of multiple NVIDIA® Quadro® GPUs from a single graphics workstation in a virtualized environment.

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