HP unveils quad-core workstations

BANGALORE, INDIA: Hewlett-Packard India today announced the launch of its latest Quad Core workstations targeted especially at the animation industry.

The new range includes HP xw8600, xw6600 and xw4600 workstation series, which delivers optimal power to meet the high-end computing demands of business.

HP has already launched globally the Blade workstation solution. The India launch is scheduled next year, informed Anurag Gupta, country manager-Workstations, HP.

“With Quad Core, customers will benefit from the technology and can do more things at the same time. The latest workstations will cater to the wide range of applications including software design, architecture, high-definition video, game development, scientific imaging and oil exploration,” said Gupta addressing the media.

The latest workstations are 90 per cent recyclable by weight. “We are trying to meet the standards set by Energy Star 4.0. The latest workstations comes with more that 80 per cent efficient power supplies,” he added.

“These workstations are initially targeted at the three metros Chennai, Banagalore and Hyderabad as they are the hub of animation industry. We have also tied up with Solidworks, Nvidia and AutoDesk to provide an integrated solution to the consumers,” said Deepti Dang head of marketing, PSG commercial and SMB, HP.

“With these solutions specially build for animation industry, the customers no longer have to travel abroad to get done an animation project. With this high computing workstations the Indians can enjoy high graphic computing here,” Dang added.

Next generation quad core and dual core Xeon processors power the HP xw8600 and xw6600 series. The xw4600 workstation combines a choice of next generation Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Quad Core processors to support the data –intensive applications. These workstations also features Performance Tuning Framework and Remote Graphics Software.

The new workstations are likely to begin shipping in mid-December this year. The xw8600 and xw6600 will be priced starting at Rs 75000 and xw4600 is priced at Rs 42000.