The implementation of Ray Tracing technology by NVIDIA has led to a change in the name of the company's graphics. The change in the name of graphics cards is also taking place in professional graphics. After some rumors, it has been confirmed that NVIDIA has decided to abandon the Quadro name for its professional graphics, simplifying the name.
This is reported by Anandtech colleagues, who have received direct confirmation from NVIDIA. The company recently launched the NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA A40, which remove the Quadro badge. And it is that the Quadro denomination will gradually disappear until it is no longer used and will not be replaced by another denomination.
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This movement is not by chance. The main reason is that currently NVIDIA graphics are starting to be used in more and more segments. The number of graphics cards of the company for computing tasks have increased in quantity very noticeably. Some of the emerging segments that NVIDIA products demand are the machine learning, artificial intelligence or neural networks segment.
For this segment, the company's Tesla graphics are implemented, which have overlapped in terms of characteristics with the Quadro. For example, the NVIDIA Quadro RTX had all computing features enabled and was multi-industry. This graph could be used for AI or Machine Learning, such as for visualization or video encoding.
A possible confusion among customers when choosing product would have been detected due to the denominations. NVIDIA wants potential customers to be able to find all the solutions they need. They will simplify the catalog so that the customer can choose the solution that best suits them and avoid problems or doubts among customers.
NVIDIA thus unifies its catalog of professional graphics, finding computing and visualization clients under the same brand. So Quadro, a brand that has been on the market since 1999, will no longer be used.
[irp]Source: Anandtech
