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New lineup includes category-defining HP Z1 and powerful new HP Z820, Z620 and Z420
HP today kicked off its annual Workstations Launch event in Thai market. At the HP Workstations Solutions World Press Conference, HP unveiled the world’s first all-in-one workstation and also showcased new additions to its powerful, industry leading line of HP Z Workstations.
“As the workstation industry leader, HP continues to invest in technology that allows our customers to push the limits of innovation,” said Dennis Mark, Vice President and General Manager, Personal Systems Group, HP South East Asia and Taiwan. “Our investments in R&D and technology have led to workstations that meet and exceed the needs of the world’s most demanding customers.”
HP Z1 — The World’s First 27” All-in-One Workstation
Designed like no other, the display of the new HP Z1 Workstation snaps open so users can easily swap out parts and make upgrades without any tools required.(1)
The HP Z1 combines a sleek industrial design with accelerated performance featuring Intel? Xeon? processors,(2) NVIDIA Quadro graphics, support for more than 1 billion colors(3) and HP’s world-class reliability. The display of the HP Z1 is also designed built for computer-aided design, digital media and entertainment professionals, the HP Z1 provides blazingly fast rendering and performance. It offers a full range of workstation-class graphics cards and processors, and is thoroughly tested and certified to work with today’s leading industry applications.
Whether it’s an engineer creating 3-D components, an architect designing buildings or a videographer editing event footage, the HP Z1 gives creative professionals the power they need to bring ideas to life faster.
“The revolutionary HP Z1 sets a new industry standard for workstation design, performance and serviceability,” said Dennis Mark. “With its game-changing design and an experience that optimizes visual and computing performance, the HP Z1 will help attract new customers and expand our market leadership.”
Workstation performance without compromise
- Workstation performance. Features professional NVIDIA Quadro graphics, ECC memory, quad-core Intel? Xeon? processors,(2) independent software vendor solutions and whisper-quiet acoustics.
- Tool-less chassis. Users can easily add a hard drive, upgrade memory or access the graphics card by snapping open the chassis to swap out parts.
- Workstation-class storage. Users can choose from a variety of storage types, including 7.2K and 10K SATA, SSD, optional RAID configurations, removable drives (AMO), a multiformat media card reader and optical drives including a slot-load Blu-ray Writer.(4)
- Professional display. The 27-inch diagonal wide LED display supports more than 1 billion colors (3) and features a wide, 178-degree viewing angle and an in-plane switching (IPS) panel.
- High-fidelity audio. Front-facing dual-cone speakers and SRS Premium Sound offer high-fidelity audio.
- HD Webcam. Have face-to-face meetings and see every detail right down to the twinkle of an eye. Also captures HD-quality video.(5,6)
- HP Remote Graphics Software. Users can work remotely while still accessing the high-performance 2-D, 3-D, video and media-rich applications they count on.
- HP Performance Advisor. Reduces the time spent troubleshooting by providing a consolidated report of the workstation’s hardware and software configuration that can be used to tune the workstation for specifically professional application workloads with just one click.
HP Z820, Z620 and Z420 — New Multicore Updates and Increased Expandability
The new Z820, Z620 and Z420 feature the latest eight-core Intel? Xeon? processor E5-2600 product family, offer up to 512 gigabytes (GB) of DDR3 memory,(7) and support multithreaded workstation applications that professionals rely on.
The latest additions to the industry-leading line of HP Z Workstations also feature third-generation PCI Express technology, providing customers increased performance and seamless integration of new graphics cards.
— Engineered for the most demanding and compute-intensive visualization needs, the HP Z820 is ideal for customers in oil and gas, mechanical computer-aided design (CAD), mechanical computer-aided engineering, medical, video and animation. The HP Z820 provides up to 16 processing cores, up to 512 GB of ECC memory, up to 15 terabytes (TB) of high-speed storage and up to dual NVIDIA Quadro 6000 graphics.
— For quiet environments with minimal space, the HP Z620 is a great choice for customers in financial services, video, animation, architecture and midrange CAD. Updated to support both single- and dual-socket processors, the powerful and versatile HP Z620 provides up to 16 processing cores, up to 96 GB of ECC memory, up to 11 TB of high-speed storage, and professional 2-D and 3-D graphics up to NVIDIA Quadro 6000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 5000 graphics.
— Engineered to meet mainstream computing and visualization needs for customers in CAD, architecture, video editing and photography, the HP Z420 includes up to eight processing cores using the latest Intel? Xeon? processor E5-1600 and E5-2600 product families, providing up to 64 GB of ECC memory, up to 11 TB of high-speed storage, and up to NVIDIA Quadro 5000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics.
More cores for “mega tasking”
The Intel? Xeon? processor E5-2600 product family allows for up to 16 physical cores in a single system and let 32 threads run at one time when using two processors, each with eight cores and Intel Hyper-Threading(2) Technology enabled. The new processors include Intel? vPro? Technology,(3) integrated memory controllers and Intel Turbo Boost Technology.(4)
“HP Workstations, based on our new Intel? Xeon? processor E5-2600 product family are helping workstation users fast track the way they create, test and modify their innovative ideas” said Boyd Davis, Vice President, Intel Architecture Group. “Our new Intel? Xeon? E5 processors combine an increase in computational capacity and proficiency with an optimized i/o infrastructure. These advanced capabilities enable professionals to quickly and efficiently interact with their models while concurrently executing simulations, renderings, ray tracing and modeling their ideas on their HP Workstations.”
The new HP Z Workstations include 90-percent-efficient power supplies — reducing both overall energy usage and the amount of waste heat released. The HP Z line is registered EPEAT Gold and offers ENERGY STAR? qualified configurations.
All HP Z Workstations offer BFR/PVC free configurations(8) and more than 90 percent recyclable by weight.
HP workstations are used by some of the world’s most demanding customers in industries such as graphic arts, broadcast, CAD, engineering, medical imaging, finance, and oil and gas exploration. 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.
Pricing and availability(9)
The new HP Z1 Workstation is available now. Pricing starts from THB 64,900 (Exclusive of VAT).
The HP Z420, Z620 and Z820 are expected to be available now Pricing starts at THB 49,900 (Exclusive of VAT) for the HP Z420 Workstation, THB 69,900 (Exclusive of VAT) for the HP Z620 Workstation and THB 89,900 (Exclusive of VAT) for the HP Z820 Workstation.
(1) All specifications represent the typical specifications provided by HP’s component manufacturers; actual performance may vary.
(2) Dual-core and quad-core technologies are designed to improve performance of multithreaded software products and hardware-aware multitasking operating systems and may require appropriate operating system software for full benefits; not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of these technologies.
(3) 1.07 billion viewable colors through A-FRC technology.
(4) As Blu-ray is a new format containing new technologies, certain disc, digital connection, compatibility and/or performance issues may arise, and do not constitute defects in the product. Flawless playback on all systems is not guaranteed. In order for some Blu-ray titles to play, they may require a DVI or HDMI digital connection and some displays may require HDCP support. HD DVD movies cannot be played on this workstation.
(5) Internet access is required and not included.
(6) HD content required to view HD content.
(7) With 32-GB DIMMS, available Q2 of calendar year 2012.
(8) Configurations ofwhere SAS 3 ?” HDD, Creative Audio Card, Removable HDD Carrier and Frame, and/or Broadcom NIC are not selected are brominated flame retardant and polyvinyl chloride free (BFR/PVC-free); meeting the evolving definition of “BFR/PVC-free” as set forth in the “iNEMI Position Statement on the ‘Definition of Low-Halogen Electronics (BFR/CFR/PVC-Free).’” Plastic parts contain