New HP workstations make full use of AMD six-core Opteron processors

Written by IT News on 8:15 AM

Earlier this month, Advanced Micro Devices officially wrap her highly anticipated, next-generation six-core Opteron 2400-series processors, code-named Istanbul. Designed for better performance and energy efficiency, new Opteron was in a couple of new technologies such as enterprise users to their current Opteron-based servers to the latest solutions from AMD. In this respect, Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard has just introduced the the launch of its new xw9400 workstation professional, designed said processors, the first PC vendor for the coordination of six-core Opteron in a line of professional workstations.

HP understands the enormous pressure of their customers is to provide more return on investment in a shorter period," says Jeff Wood, director, Worldwide Marketing, Workstations, HP. "By providing the most extreme combination of technologies - to 12 grains of a workstation - HP continues its commitment to customers leading technology.

The new high-performance workstations from HP are designed for up to 2 Opteron 2400-series processors, which for a total of 12 business units, each of them said to deliver 34 percent more performance per watt than previous generation quad-core chips. Thanks to the unique features based on AMD's latest server processors, customers will benefit from the increased prices for interconnection 4.8GT / s, an increase of 2GTs.

In addition, this new workstation is shown with ATI FirePro V7750 graphics processing unit for workstations and is equipped with 80 plus power supplies. The new HP xw9400 workstation is registered as an Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold product, according to HP.

What is the pricing, the system is available via the website of the company to users in the U.S., starting with a price tag of U.S. $1899.