Parallels Workstation Extreme is a powerful, next-generation virtualization platform that gives users dedicated graphics and networking resources for both host and guest workstation environments. With support for Parallels Workstation Extreme, ATI FirePro™ users have the ability to consolidate workloads of several machines on to a single, high-performance workstation ─ without having to sacrifice application performance. Other benefits include:
Greater flexibility: eliminates the need to reboot between OS environments to access different workloads
Improved productivity: enables quick access to any content or application combination
Secure computing: protects systems and secures data through a centralized IT infrastructure while enabling native performance for graphically intense applications for remote users
Reduced cost: consumes less power and helps avoid the expensive and resource intensive “one OS per system” IT model ATI FirePro professional graphics accelerators and Parallels Workstation Extreme are both designed to address the needs of professionals working with graphically intensive applications. To meet the various needs of professionals working in CAD, Digital Content Creation, Medical Imaging and Financial Services, several ATI FirePro™ professional graphics solutions support direct mapping on Parallels Workstation Extreme, including:
Parallels Workstation Extreme is capable of running both 32- bit and 64-bit environments. Host OS and Guest OS configurations supported on enabled ATI FirePro™ professional graphics include:
Host OS
Guest OS (Virtual Machine OS)
Microsoft Windows® 7 (64-bit)
XP (32- and 64-bit)
Vista (32- and 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows® Vista (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows® XP (64-bit)
RHEL 5 (32- and 64-bit)
RHEL 6 (32- and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows® XP (32-bit)
XP ( 32- and 64-bit)
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 5 and 6 (64-bit)
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