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Abstract.............................................................................................................................................. 2

Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2

Visualization ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Graphics processor technology.......................................................................................................... 2

Visualization application areas.......................................................................................................... 3

Visualization applications on servers .................................................................................................. 3

Acceleration........................................................................................................................................ 3

Acceleration products....................................................................................................................... 4

Graphics Processing Units ............................................................................................................. 4

Field Programmable Gate Arrays ................................................................................................... 4

GPGPU versus FPGA Acceleration.................................................................................................. 4

Acceleration application areas .......................................................................................................... 5

Support for Visualization and Acceleration products in ProLiant servers...................................................... 5

I/O Bandwidth and Mechanical support............................................................................................. 5

Power and Cooling support............................................................................................................... 5

Enablement matrix for HP ProLiant servers ........................................................................................... 6

HP Accelerator Program and qualified Visualization and Acceleration products ...................................... 7

Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................... 9

For more information............................................................................................................................ 9

Call to action ...................................................................................................................................... 9

Visualization and Acceleration in HP ProLiant

servers

Technology brief