New NVIDIA laptop GPUs increase access to AI, ray-tracing

NVIDIA is expanding its RTX offerings with seven new NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPUs for laptops and desktops. The new laptop GPUs expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) and ray-tracing, giving professionals the ability to take their workflows to the next level.

The NVIDIA RTX A500, RTX A1000, RTX A2000 8GB, RTX A3000 12GB, RTX A4500 and RTX A5500 GPUs include the latest RTX and Max-Q technology. The new NVIDIA RTX A5500 desktop GPU combines the latest-generation RT Cores, Tensor Cores and CUDA cores with 24 GB of memory for great rendering, AI, graphics and compute performance. Its ray-traced rendering is 2x faster than the previous generation, and its motion blur rendering performance is up to 9x faster.

“The performance we get with the NVIDIA RTX A5500 is unprecedented,” said Hiram Rodriguez, Design Technology Specialist at US-based AS+GG Architecture, which has an office in Beijing.

“Previously, our point cloud processing took too long and created a bottleneck for designing and analyaing current site conditions. Using the NVIDIA RTX A5500, in less than 20 minutes we can integrate a fully processed, geolocated, classified point cloud into our 3D models.”

“The new NVIDIA RTX A5500 gives us the ability to load highly detailed environments, while maintaining high frame rates and smooth camera motion to explore and develop the scenes,” said Yiotis Katsambas, Executive Director of Technology at Sony Pictures Animation.

“By combining the A5500 with NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise and our own FlixiVerse software, our artists and directors can immerse themselves in our virtual worlds and collaborate in real-time.”

NVIDIA RTX laptop GPUs include:

The latest NVIDIA RTX technology

Second gen RT Cores, 3rd gen Tensor Cores and NVIDIA Ampere architecture streaming multiprocessors, which provide up to 2x the throughput of the previous-generation architecture to tackle demanding rendering, ray tracing and AI workflows from anywhere.

NVIDIA Max-Q technology

AI-based system optimizations make thin and light laptops perform quieter, faster and more efficiently with Dynamic Boost, CPU Optimizer, Rapid Core Scaling, WhisperMode, Battery Boost, Resizable BAR and NVIDIA DLSS technology.

Up to 16 GB of GPU memory

For the largest models, scenes and assemblies. The RTX A2000 8GB, RTX A3000 12GB and RTX A4500 now feature 2x the memory of their previous-generation counterparts for working with larger models, datasets and multi-app workflows.

NVIDIA software technology

Users can tap into unique benefits ranging from tetherless virtual reality (VR) to collaborative 3D design with a wide variety of software tools, including NVIDIA CloudXR, NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA Canvas, NVIDIA Broadcast, NVIDIA NGC, NVIDIA RTX Experience and more.

The NVIDIA RTX A5500 features the latest technologies in the NVIDIA Ampere architecture:

Second-generation RT Cores

Up to 2x the throughput of the first generation, with the ability to run concurrent ray tracing, shading and denoising tasks.

Third-generation Tensor Cores

Up to 12x the training throughput over the previous generation, with support for new TF32 and Bfloat16 data formats.

CUDA Cores

Up to 3x the single-precision floating point throughput over the previous generation.

Up to 48 GB of GPU memory

The RTX A5500 features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory with ECC (error correction code). The RTX A5500 is expandable up to 48 GB of memory using NVIDIA NVLink to connect two GPUs.

Virtualisation

The RTX A5500 supports NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS) software for multiple high-performance virtual workstation instances. These enable remote users to share resources to drive high-end design, AI and compute workloads.

PCIe Gen 4

Doubles the bandwidth of the previous generation and speeds up data transfers for data-intensive tasks such as AI, data science and creating 3D models.

The new GPUs are part of the NVIDIA RTX platform, which includes NVIDIA GPU-accelerated software development kits, toolkits, frameworks and enterprise management tools. The GPUs also take advantage of the accelerations in the NVIDIA Studio platform, including optimisations to leverage RTX hardware in 75 of the top creative apps, exclusive tools like NVIDIA Broadcast and Canvas, and the advanced real-time 3D design and collaboration platform, NVIDIA Omniverse. Third party compatibility is supported too. NVIDIA RTX GPUs are certified by independent software vendors of over 50+ professional applications.

Details:

The new NVIDIA RTX A5500 desktop GPUs are available from channel partners and through global system builders starting in Q222. The new NVIDIA RTX laptop GPUs will be available in mobile workstations from global OEM partners including Acer, ASUS, BOXX Technologies, Dell Technologies, HP, Lenovo, and MSI starting (roughly Q2-Q3).

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