惠普发布了一款新图形工作站xw9300，该款工作站采用双 AMD Opteron 处理器并支持nVIDIA Quadro SLI 双通道 PCI-E图形卡，提供对图形处理更强大的支持。（Marshadow采集编译）
xw9300 from HP released with twin fanfare.
30 March 2005
Hewlett-Packard has launched its latest high-end visualisation workstation, the company's first workstation to include AMD Opteron processors and support for NVIDIA Quadro SLI dual PCI Express graphics. The HP xw9300 Workstation features two full performance x16 slots that will accommodate future upgrades to the latest i/o components.
Specifically developed for customers with a need for greater performance in graphic-intensive environments, the xw9300 Workstation offers a completely scalable visualisation capability. The processing power of two AMD Opteron processors and the 3D graphics capabilities of dual PCI Express allow customers to visualise large data sets with greater accuracy.
The performance of the HP xw9300 Workstation is made possible by the NVIDIA nForce Professional chipset enabling dual PCI Express x16 graphic slots. With dual PCI Express graphics, customers can run large models and display complex graphics with realism and speed. The HP xw9300 is the first workstation to be certified by NVIDIA to support SLI for NVIDIA Quadro.
HP workstation customers who plan to migrate to a 64-bit environment will appreciate the AMD Opteron processor, with its ability to simultaneously run 32- and 64-bit applications. The AMD Opteron processor helps produce performance gains with its unique Direct Connect Architecture that reduces memory and other system bottlenecks. It offers customers the ability for increased performance and efficiency behind demanding applications by reducing latency and memory consumption while increasing bandwidth.
Rounding out the existing HP workstation line up with high-end performance and expandability, the top of the line HP xw9300 Workstation supports two AMD Opteron 200 series processors with the Model 246 (2.0 GHz), Model 248 (2.2GHz), Model 250 (2.4GHz), dual NVIDIA Quadro PCI Express x16 graphic solutions, the NVIDIA nForce Professional MCP, up to 16 gigabytes of memory, IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0 ports in the front and back, five internal hard drives for up to 1.5 terabytes of storage, and support for Windows XP Professional, and Red Hat Linux WS3.0 (64-bit) operating systems
