TERM
DESCRIPTION
Citrix Receiver
A lightweight software application that runs on the user's Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android
devices and connects to a XenDesktop virtual machine or XenApp session in the data center.
Citrix XenApp
Citrix’s virtualization product that provides remote session capabilities, delivering remote
applications or virtual sessions.
Citrix XenDesktop
Citrix’s desktop virtualization product that provides remote desktop capabilities.
Citrix XenServer
The commercial hypervisor from Citrix that allows multiple operating systems to run on a single
server node.
Cloud Computing
The use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service
over a network. Clouds can be public (delivered over the internet) or private (contained within
a company’s intranet).
Dedicated GPU
A case where the full GPU is used by a virtual machine, not sharing it with other VMs.
GPU Pass-Through
The remoting technology that connects a virtual machine (VM) to a dedicated CPU. The technology
to do this from NVIDIA is known as NMOS (NVIDIA Multi-OS), from the capability to have multiple
OS’s running on a system, each with their own GPU.
GRID
NVIDIA technology that is a combination of both hardware and software to deliver the ultimate
virtualized experience.
GRID K1
NVIDIA’s GRID K1 is a graphics card designed specifically for virtualization use cases. It
carries four Kepler GPUs and a total of 16GB of video memory, making it ideal for multi-user
configurations.
GRID K2
NVIDIA’s GRID K2 is a graphics card designed specifically for workstation virtualization. It offers
two high-end Kepler GPUs, which can support a total of two high-end designers and engineers.
The GRID K2 can also be used for power users and knowledge workers, especially where the IT
department wants to deploy a single resource type across the entire enterprise.
Host Machine
A computer on which a hypervisor is running one or more virtual machines is a host machine.
Each of those virtual machines is called a guest machine. The hypervisor presents to the
guest operating systems a virtual operating platform and manages the execution of the guest
operating systems.
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor or virtual machine manager (VMM) is a piece of computer software,
firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.
Kepler
The world’s first cloud enabled GPU, and the latest architecture from NVIDIA. NVIDIA products
built on the NVIDIA
®
Kepler™ architecture have names such as NVIDIA Quadro
®
K5000,
NVIDIA Tesla
®
K20, and GRID K2 (K for Kepler).
Microsoft RemoteFX
Microsoft’s product that enables multiple users to have access to the acceleration of
a single hardware GPU. It is available as a feature of Microsoft Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012.
NVIDIA Windows Server Driver
The NVIDIA graphics driver that loads on a server OS. This driver works with RemoteFX to
deliver graphics acceleration.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
NVIDIA has been
supporting, shipping
and certifying
a Windows Server
graphics driver
since 2003.
Kepler, the world’s
first cloud enabled
GPU, has up to 7 billion
transistors.
GPU pass-through
was first introduced in
2009 to deliver multiple
hardware accelerated
operating systems on
workstations.
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