Video technology innovator Matrox Video announced the launch of its new Matrox LUMA series of graphics cards with Intel Arc GPUs. The series consists of three single-slot cards: LUMA A310, a low-profile fanless card; LUMA A310F, a low-profile fanned card; and LUMA A380, a full-sized fanned card.
Matrox Video says it developed the LUMA range to satisfy significant demand in the mainstream graphics market for driving multiple screens. Here the company looked for a balance between size, reliability and performance for different applications. The new LUMA series is thus aimed at high-reliability and embedded PC applications in the medical, digital signage, control room, videowall and industrial markets.
Per the Montreal, Canada-based company, all three LUMA cards have four outputs and can drive four 5K60 monitors. (All three can also drive up to 8K60 or 5K/120 displays but are limited to two outputs when doing so.) They are compatible with all the latest graphical capabilities, adds Matrox. The cards also support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenCL 3.0, as well as Intel’s oneAPI for compute tasks and the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit for AI development. They also have class-leading codec engines that can both encode and decode H.264, H.265, VP9, and AV1.
Versatility of Applications
The LUMA A310 card is the only modern, low-profile fanless card. Its fanless design offers quiet operation and eliminates a point of failure (the fan). Thus, it increases reliability and extending the card’s life. According to Matrox, the LUMA A310 is suitable for anyone needing a small card that fits in a small-form-factor system. Examples include industrial systems that sit on a table or behind a monitor, or surgical displays in an operating room. In these cases, there are stringent requirements for reliability.
The single-slot, low-profile LUMA A310F card is suitable for applications requiring more performance. One such example is commercial gaming, where casino machines or arcade games require a small card and extra performance to drive video and 3D rendering. Another application is in the retail space to drive multimonitor graphics, such as digital signage and digital menu boards.
Matrox adds that the full-sized, single-slot LUMA A380 card packs even more performance and more GDDR6 (6 GB versus 4 GB) than the other LUMA models. In the healthcare market, the LUMA A380 can thus power volumetric rendering in medical workstations. Additionally, in transportation and aviation applications, it delivers multimonitor graphics and video with the best possible performance. It is also applicable in federal and defense applications. These include live operation control rooms and PC-based simulators. Here, users can rely on it to control medium to large video-display walls showing multiple video feeds.
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Features of the LUMA Cards
Per a statement, close collaboration with Intel made it possible for Matrox Video to customize certain features of the LUMA cards to address specific market needs. Thus, they offer several qualities that are in high demand but aren’t available elsewhere. Some of these features are as follows:
- The A310 is the only fanless board of its class on the market.
- All LUMA cards support DisplayPort 2.1. They can also output up to 8K60 HDR.
- They all have a life cycle of seven years, with dedicated customer support. Manufacturers that use LUMA cards in their offerings can thus reliably sell their products for years without needing to change anything or recertify their systems.
- All LUMA cards carry a three-year warranty, with the option to extend it.
- The cards come with Matrox PowerDesk desktop management software to easily configure and manage multi-display setups.
- TAA-compliant SKUs are available.
“The market has consistently looked to Matrox for high reliability, high stability, multi-head graphics cards with a long life cycle,” says Daniel Collin, senior product manager at Matrox Video. “With the LUMA family, we are pleased to continue satisfying these requirements in critical environments. Indeed, the alignment with Intel has resulted in a palette of additional features that extend the value we can uniquely bring to our customers as their future needs unfold.”
