Intel: allow the use of dazzling graphics cards in data centers

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com October 4 news, Intel Arc A7 series graphics cards for gaming are not designed for data centers. Intel has a separate product line specifically for data centers, called the data Center GPU Flex (Data Center GPU Flex) series, which are basically the same except without physical display interfaces and fans.

However, if anyone would rather buy the Arc A7 GPU for the server, that's fine. According to ServeTheHome, according to Intel, even if the graphics card is used in a data center, it will grant a license, which means Intel will have a software licensing model similar to AMD, which is completely different from Nvidia.

CTOnews.com learned that Nvidia does not allow the use of GeForce or TITAN GPU in the data center, and Nvidia does not grant software licenses (drivers) for data center deployment. Interestingly, however, Nvidia's license still allows "blockchain processing", which in most cases means mining cryptocurrency.