User's Guide

Chapter 1. Introduction
2 PCoIP System User’s Guide
computing experience in the data center and transmits it across a standard IP network to a zero
client—a stateless desktop device—for an exceptional user experience.
Devices using PCoIP technology contain PCoIP processors that process display images at the
pixel level, eliminating any dependence on the blade CPU or GPU. External display processing
provides complete independence from the host PC or workstation operating system and
applications. This architecture enables unlimited desktop performance scalability, including
application in high-end imaging and visualization. Devices using PCoIP technology provide users
with high-resolution, full-frame-rate 3D graphics; HD media; and full USB peripheral
interoperability locally over a LAN or remotely over a high-latency WAN.
Consolidating IT resources in a secure data center enables administrators to centralize device
management to reduce the challenges of provisioning, managing, maintaining, and securing
enterprise desktops and data.
PCoIP technology is delivered in hardware and software implementations, including desktop zero
clients and TERA host cards, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. A logical overview of a zero client and host card using PCoIP technology