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Offering leading price/performance, the Sun Blade 2500 workstation is a robust and reliable 64-bit, dual processor-capable workstation, designed and built by Sun to visualize and solve complex technical problems. The latest Sun Blade 2500 workstation is equipped with a robust set of workstation-class features, including up to two 1.6-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors; up to 16 GB of DDR memory with ECC (2 CPUs required); high-bandwidth, low-latency memory controllers; expandable, high-performance storage options; multiple PCI buses; and visualization-class graphics.

The Sun Blade 2500 workstation provides outstanding performance for visually demanding graphics applications through support for the Sun XVR-1200, Sun XVR-600, or Sun XVR-100 graphics accelerators. Featuring six 64-bit PCI slots, built-in USB and IEEE 1394a (FireWire) ports, and on-board Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T), the Sun Blade 2500 workstation also enables high-throughput connectivity to a wide range of technology-leading peripherals.

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Key Applications
Key Industries
  • Bioinformatics, Biosimulation, and Bioengineering
  • Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
  • Financial Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Computer-Aided Design (MCAD)
  • Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (MCAE)
  • Oil, Gas, and Seismic Analysis and Interpretation
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Global Government
  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing

 
Key Features
  • Up to two 1.6-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors, each with 1 MB of Level 2 cache integrated on die.
  • Four independent PCI bus segments.
  • Up to 16 GB of DDR ECC memory (2 CPUs required).
  • Up to two 146-GB, 10K RPM, Ultra SCSI internal hard drives.
  • Six full-length, 64-bit PCI slots (three at 66 MHz, three at 33 MHz).

 
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  • Processor : Up to two 1.6-GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors
  • Main Memory :
    • Up to 16 GB of DDR memory DDR-266 SDRAM capacity (8 x 2 GB DIMMs)
    • 8 DIMM slots, memory DIMM installation required in pairs
    • 2 CPUs required for maximum memory utilization, four slots per CPU
  • Network : 10/100/1000-Mbps Base-T Ethernet port
  • Expansion bus : Six full-length 64-bit PCI slots:
    • three slots operating at 66MHz
    • three slots operating at 33MHz
  • Internal storage : Up to two 146-GB, 10,000 RPM, Ultra 320 SCSI drives
  • Graphics and Imaging : The Sun Blade 2500 workstation supports an overall total of 3 graphics cards. It supports up to two Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerators, up to three Sun XVR-600 graphics accelerators, or up to three Sun XVR-100.
  • Operating System : Solaris 10 and 8 Operating Systems pre-installed

  • Sun Java Desktop System : Sun Java Desktop System pre-installed

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