Adobe NOW

Adobe NOW, codenamed Project Demiurge, is a cloud-based service run by Adobe Systems. It is said to be "Adobe Creative Cloud meets Google Stadia", where instead of using hardware, the users would instead connect to Adobe's servers and render it from their side, with speeds dependent on the user's internet speeds, bandwidth, and latency. It premiered on Adobe MAX 2021, and was released to enterprises and schools in 2022, then to consumers in 2023. Combining the Adobe-verse (all Creative Cloud applications excluding those by other companies such as Substance) and Adobe Now, the final price is $99.99 monthly plus tax. It aims to bring a high-quality workstation to the tips of cheaper devices, simply by cloud-streaming the workstation instead of outright getting one.
==Presentation==
Rumors and leaks were circulating in 2021 that Adobe was planning a new form of workstation, nicknamed a "streaming-based workstation", or something nicknamed "Netflix for CAD". According to a patent, called Demiurge, the patent was that the workstation would rely on the cloud's servers for performance, instead of hardware, similarly to GeForce Now, xCloud, and Google Stadia. They had previously tested out a Chromebook version of Photoshop which was cloud-based, which eventually got discontinued. As of that time, Lightroom was the only Creative Cloud application that had cloud-based CAD, during when Adobe had the option for the classic application, which was hardware-based.
In Adobe MAX 2021, Demiurge was revealed as Adobe NOW, a full-fledged CAD streaming service. The applications they showcased were Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. Running on ten gigabit internet speeds (1.25 gigabytes per second), they took two M1 MacBook Pros, 1 running Adobe NOW and the other using Premiere Pro. As noted, the MacBook that ran Adobe Now, produced zero heat while the M1 running hardware-based got heated up and eventually slowed down a bit. The scene, Landscapes, a 10 minute film showcasing 8K landscapes with a size of 108 GB, took only a minute for Adobe NOW to process it with gigabyte speeds. They even showcased the specs, stating that it brings the power of large-scale workstations to devices everywhere with the new streaming service, stating that no matter which device you use, the performance you'd get in Adobe Now, will always be the same across all devices, depending on the internet connection. The biggest thing they stated, is that 5G will be able to take advantage of Adobe NOW thanks to its really fast internet speeds.
Adobe announced that the first two applications they're aiming for are After Effects are Premiere Pro, as they are more demanding than other applications. At the end of 2022, all major Creative Cloud applications (Photoshop, got their NOW versions, including off-Cloud applications such as Substance.
==The Specs==
Adobe NOW doesn't depend on the user's hardware (Apple M2 or Intel/AMD GPUs). Instead, it is dependent on the user's bandwidth, latency, and internet speeds as it connects to the server and does cloud-based CAD. 
The GPU used in Adobe NOW's servers are 2 Quadro GA100s (64GB HBM3 each with speeds of 1.259 TB/s, 14 teraflops double precision, 5388 CUDA cores and 1180 tensor cores) on NVLink, 2TB of DDR5 ECC RAM, AMD Epyc Genoa 256 core/512 thread CPU with 512mb of L3 cache, and a SSD running at a maximum speed of 1 terabit (125 gigabytes per second), and their own propietary Unix-based operating system designated uniquely and optimized for all Adobe software.
==Differences==
While the software in Adobe NOW is fundamentally the same as in the desktop/iPad/mobile versions, there are several differences;
*Creative Cloud storage is the only option for storage.
*Hardware options are unavailable.
*Adobe NOW can be started with a web browser, unlike the applications.
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