Power and performance

HP has introduced new multicore updates and increased expandability on its line of HP Z workstations.

The new workstations feature the latest eight-core Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, offer up to 512GB of DDR3 memory, and support multithreaded workstation applications.

The HP Z820 provides up to 16 processing cores, up to 512GB of ECC memory, up to 14TB of high-speed storage dual NVIDIA Quadro 6000 graphics.

For quiet environments with minimal space, HP claim the HPZ620 is a great choice. Updated to support both single- and dual-socket processors, the HP Z620 provides up to 16 processing cores, up to 96GB of ECC memory, up to 11TB of high-speed storage, and up to NVIDIA Quadro 6000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 5000 graphics.

The new HP Z420 includes up to eight processing cores using the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-1600 and E5-2600 product families, providing up to 64GB of ECC memory, up to 11TB of high-speed storage, and up to NVIDIA Quadro 5000 or dual NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics.

The new HP Z workstations include 90 per cent efficient power supplies.