Summary: “We have chosen to use RLM both for its pricing and for its ease of use, as compared to its competitors. Moreover, since RLM “looks like” a famous competitor widely in use by our customers, they feel comfortable in using it. We also appreciate the great responsive support from Reprise.”

About Scalable Graphics:
A Leader in 3D Visualization Software

Scalable Graphics (www.scalablegraphics.com) is an international leading company specializing in fast parallel rendering and parallel computing for 3D visualization applications. Our mission is to help our customers visualize and analyze bigger datasets at higher frame rates by aggregating multiple graphics and computing resources. Scalable Graphics is operating worldwide and focusing in vertical industries like Oil & Gas, Automotive, Manufacturing, Simulation, Scientific Research and Life Sciences.

Our major product, Direct Transport Compositor, is middleware that enables any number of graphics cards and processors to concentrate their effort on a single display. Leading automotive companies, such as PSA Peugeot-Citro?, use Direct Transport Compositor to boost the performance of their Virtual Reality systems for digital prototyping.  The delivered performance gain improves design review sessions, which can translate into improved collaborative work and better decision-making.

We also provide services (consulting, tailored developments, training, systems integration) in the field of high performance computing and visualization. Our general expertise in multi-core and multi-GPU architectures, including GPGPU computing (CUDA, OpenCL), allow our customers to considerably reduce the execution time of their computing codes.

Licensing Customized to our Needs
Licensing for us was a very important issue, and we have been using RLM since 2007 with great success. Our software Direct Transport Compositor is a cluster application, running on multiple nodes in parallel. It supports two kinds of nodes: the Display Nodes, which are connected to the displays, and the Rendering Nodes, which are in charge of the actual computation of the image. The way we charge our customers depends on the number of Display Nodes and Rendering Nodes they want to use at the same time on their system(s). We have chosen to use a centralized license server from which Direct Transport Compositor comes to check out dynamically the requested number of licenses. This allows our customers which have multiple systems to share and distribute the Display Nodes and Rendering Nodes licenses when they do not use all systems at the same time. This very flexible approach is very appreciated by our customers.

Why RLM?
We have chosen to use RLM both for its pricing and for its ease of use, as compared to its competitors. Moreover, since RLM “looks like” a famous competitor widely in use by our customers, they feel comfortable in using it. We also appreciate the great responsive support from Reprise.