Hewlett-Packard announced the HP xw8400 workstation, featuring the latest dual-core Intel Xeon 5100 64-bit processor. “The HP xw8400 workstation is our highest-performing Intel Xeon processor-based workstation and provides the hard disk and I/O expandability and performance needed to power demanding design and engineering applications.”, says HP.
The HP xw8400 delivers Intel’s 5000X high-end performance chipset for Intel Xeon processors that supports 1333 MHz dual system bus, and a 4 channel 667 MHz Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory subsystem. The HP xw8400 can achieve configurations supporting 64-bit applications.
The HP xw8400 workstation is curently labeled with “AVAILABLE IN 30 DAYS!” at HP’s web site.
