The system runs the RealityServer 3D web application service platform, developed by mental images, a wholly owned subsidiary of NVIDIA. The RealityServer platform is a powerful combination of NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and 3D web services software. It delivers interactive and photorealistic applications over the web using the iray renderer, which enables animators, product designers, architects and consumers to easily visualize 3D scenes with remarkable realism.

With the use of massively parallel NVIDIA Tesla GPUs, PEER 1 Hosting can now offer customers flexible and reliable access to a system capable of delivering high computational performance across demanding applications. These include graphics rendering, complex quantitative processing, video compression, and large-model 3D web services for access by mobile clients.

Hosting the GPUs and software within the cloud simplifies customer implementation and provides an inexpensive entry point for new users. It also minimizes internal IT pressures so businesses can focus their talent on core business operations.

"With their commitment to best-in-breed technology and state-of-the-art data centers, PEER 1 Hosting has all the skills to deliver a service of this kind and make the power of the GPU more accessible than ever before," said Sumit Gupta, product line manager of Tesla products at NVIDIA. "RealityServer running on PEER 1 Hosting's GPU Cloud will enable software developers of other Web 2.0 websites to offer 3D web applications, making the consumer experience on the Internet even more interactive."

NVIDIA's Tesla S1070 and Tesla M2050 (Fermi architecture-based) hosted GPUs, as well as RealityServer are now available for purchase worldwide and will be hosted as a managed hosting offering at PEER 1 Hosting data centers in Toronto, Canada and London, UK. As part of the launch at the Siggraph International Conference, PEER 1 Hosting, mental images and NVIDIA are offering free trials and proof of concepts for new customers to see first-hand how well the GPU Cloud performs.

"We're excited to support and deliver high performance hosted GPUs from NVIDIA to our customers," says Robert Miggins, PEER 1 Hosting's Senior Vice President Business Development. "The combination of the high performing GPUs running on our robust SuperNetwork", with the on demand flexibility of the cloud, is truly an industry first."