HP drives growing worldwide adoption of workstation technology, unveils two quad-core models in the Middle East

Companies use HP workstations to design everything from running shoes to race cars, animated characters to deep-sea submersibles, and to manage everything from billions of dollars of tradable securities to mission-critical IT environments.

During the past year, HP workstations based on Intel Xeon processors have continued to ramp up in sales. According to market-research firm IDC, HP is the market leader for total workstations in the Middle East in Calendar Q4 2007, with 54.5% market share.

HP’s workstation growth has been driven by fast-developing economies, vertical markets, and workflow and productivity transformations that quad core technology brings to customer environments.

Today, HP followed up on this momentum with the introduction of two eight-core workstations in the Middle East – the HP xw6600 and HP xw8600 – both powered by two next-generation Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors.

“Customers can expect HP to be first to market with leading-edge technology at a great value, while improving the workstation customer experience,” said Yan Bergeron, Category Manager for Workstations and Thin Clients, PSG, HP Middle East.

“As part of our singular focus on satisfying the world’s most demanding users of workstation technology, we offer more performance and robust capabilities, while also designing for the environment.”

The new workstations are designed to meet the needs of some of the most computing-intensive industries, including software design, architecture, high-definition video, game development, scientific imaging and oil exploration.

What’s new under the hood:
• Two next-generation Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 5200 series, based on Intel’s new formula for creating chips, (Intel 45nm Hi-k metal gate silicon technology), which provide significantly better performance per watt than their predecessors and eliminate eco-unfriendly lead;
• Dual, full-performance PCI Express Gen2 x16 graphics slots;
• Memory capacity of up to 128 gigabytes in the HP xw8600;
• Storage capacity of up to 5 terabytes;
• HP workstations are 90 percent recyclable by weight and now come standard with more than 80 percent efficient power supplies, saving businesses money by reducing power requirements;
• Supports HP Remote Graphics Software, Performance Tuning Framework, tool-less chassis, and acoustic optimization technologies.
• Form that is optimized for desk-side, desktop or industry-standard rack mount solutions.