What is NVIDIA vGPU?
NVIDIA vGPU is a license and a technology that enables users to create virtual GPUs (vGPUs) from a single physical NVIDIA GPU. This allows a single GPU to be shared across multiple virtual machines (VMs) to provide high-end graphics performance in the cloud.
The key benefits of NVIDIA vGPU include:
- Improved productivity - Users such as designers, engineers, and researchers can access the full capabilities of a GPU in the cloud.
- Better performance and efficiency - Multiple users can take advantage of GPU acceleration without having a dedicated physical GPU per user, which helps optimize costs.
- Flexible deployment options - vGPUs can run in private and public clouds as well as in on-premises data centers, giving users deployment options.
- Enhanced data security - With vGPU, sensitive data stays protected in the VM and never leaves the data center, providing data security.
Some common use cases for NVIDIA vGPU include running graphics-intensive applications like CAD modeling and engineering simulations, machine learning workloads, and desktop virtualization among others. It helps deliver cost effective graphics acceleration to a broader range of users in their preferred environment.