I never have seen much use for the Quadro or Tesla series of graphics processing units from Nvidia. Most of the time you can use the cheaper GeForce series to accomplish the same task at a fraction of the cost. With the new Tesla series, you get full double precision support and ECC. I can now see a reason to buy them over the GeForce series.
Here’s another behind the scenes look at NVIDIA. General manager Andy Keane explains how Tesla-based servers will help engineers and scientists solve complex problems, with teraflop-class computing at their fingertips. With the first wave of Tesla-based servers launching earlier this week – and more news from OEMs expected in the weeks ahead – this is an exciting time for the Tesla team.
