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HP's AMD SLI workstation (w/ TPM) specs emerge

Quite the machine, this one


By Harta Glass: Wednesday 19 January 2005, 11:08

SOURCES CLAIMED HP will release the Opteron based xw9300 workstation which incorporates Nvidia SLI technology in mid-February.
The processor options are for a 252 or 248 Opteron, using 1GHz/800MHz hypertransport technology, in a mini tower configuration.

The machine will support five HDD, come equipped with a 750W power supply unit, have two PCIe 16X slots, one PCI 1X, one PCI-X 133, and two PCI-X 100 slots.

The drives can be S-ATA or SCSII, while the chipset is the Nvidia Nforce Professional coupled with the AMD 8131.

The machine will support DDR-1 400 ECC, with capacity of up to 16GB and using eight DIMM slots. It supports Firewire, USB, and will be offered with a number of different removable storage options.

Graphics options include Nvidia Quadro NVS280 (PCI Express), Nvidia Quadro FX540, Nvidia Quadro FX1400, and Nvidia Quadro FX3400. The machine will also have a TPM (trusted computing) connector, we understand.

OSes supported include XP Professional, XP Professional 64-bit, and Red Hat WS3 which is also 64-bit. µ