Many organizations today use virtual desktop infrastructure that delivers their enterprise applications, desktops, or internal web applications to the end-users. Also, such solutions are being used for publishing a few line-of-business applications and trying to provide a native experience to the end-users, and this would require more processing power and robust delivery protocol. Now, applications are embedded with additional features that come with analytics capability and produce visual data in an organized and realistic way. Such applications are used across different industry verticals, viz educational, manufacturing, oil and gas, media, entertainment, healthcare, etc. Nevertheless, these industries are poised to reap the benefits of AI to accelerate productivity, reduce costs, and effectively use resources.
In such scenarios, these desktops or servers require additional computing power to achieve such data-driven results instantly; hence, organizations have begun using GPU-backed desktops and servers in end-user computing services. The VMware Horizon Desktops and App virtualization solution has all such features under one umbrella. The VMware Horizon Desktops and App virtualization is an industry-leading solution that delivers an immersive, feature-rich experience for VDI users across devices, media, location, and network connections.
How does Horizon View provide a rich user experience?
The VMware Horizon uses the Blast extreme display protocol, a home-grown VMware protocol. Recent enhancements in the display protocol with a single buffer capture path and performance improvements with less bandwidth consumption managed to deliver excellent video and rich media experience at the endpoints. The GPU drivers also support AOMedia Video1 (AV1), the newest codec that provides excellent compression efficiency compared to other multimedia codes.
Intel GPU with VMware Horizon Apps & Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure
Many organizations are willing to adopt and layout GPU-backed virtual desktops for their end-users. However, the GPU licensing complexity is one of the most significant pain points. Intel made a substantial impact by bringing the new GPU Flex series models to the market with free virtual GPU software licenses to Horizon View customers. At present, there are two Flex GPU models available for early adopters that are:
- Intel Data Center GPU Flex 140
- Intel Data Center GPU Flex 170
These new GPUs will deliver higher media transcode throughput on HEVC 1080p60, offer a rich graphics experience using codes like AV1, AVC, HEVC, and VP9, and support up to eight simultaneous 4Kp60 streams. Intel GPU Flex Series will deliver reliable performance for VDI use cases across vertical industries. License-free Intel GPUs with VMware Horizon will lower the total cost of ownership in the GPU-backed VDI deployment. The recent announcement helps to accelerate the GPU adoption rate in the VDI to deliver highly performant, scalable, and sustainable solutions at high user density.
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