Imagination Technologies reported on delivery of tracing accelerators Caustic Series2 R2500 and R2100 , seen at CES. These cards are able to accelerate the applications PowerVR OpenRL, including plug-ins render Caustic Visualizer for Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max, as well as Neon for Rhinoceros 5.
According to the manufacturer, Caustic Series2 - the first series of high-performance ray-tracing accelerators, made in the form of expansion cards for PC, which uses the world's first dedicated chipset Imagination.
Caustic R2500 price, oriented at high end workstations is $ 1495. Caustic R2100 model cost $ 795 and is positioned as a solution for the middle and upper segments.

The first time, complete with free Caustic Visualizer for Maya. Separately, the software costs $ 299. Renderer for 3ds Max will be released in the second quarter.
The manufacturer has published a list of workstations that are guaranteed to be compatible .
R2100 Specifications:
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One processor Caustic RTU (ray-tracing unit);
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Memory - 4 GB
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Capacity - up to 50 million rays per second;
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Bus - PCI Express x8 Gen 2.0;
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For workstations with a single CPU;
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Power consumption - no more than 30 W;
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Supported OS - Windows 7 and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit versions).
R2500 Specifications:
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Two processors Caustic RTU (ray-tracing unit);
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Memory - 16 GB;
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Capacity - up to 100 million rays per second;
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Bus - PCI Express x16 Gen 2.0;
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For workstations with two CPU;
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Power consumption - no more than 65 W;
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Supported OS - Windows 7 and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit versions).