You're looking at one of the highest-performance single-socket workstations on the planet. It took the best of Sun, Intel, and NVIDIA combined to pull it off, and when it reaches your desk, you're going to be astounded by the experience. If you do advanced engineering, this Intel ultra-fast Quad Core-based workstation can take you further than you imagined. The legendary phrase "Sun Microsystems workstation" has taken on a new level of meaning with this system.
At a Glance
1st Sun workstation with an Intel processor in 20+ years
1st Sun workstation with a Quad Core Processor
1st Sun workstation with PCI-Express Gen2 graphics bus
Only single-socket workstation to support NVIDIA's top-end graphics
Broadest range of certifications for the Solaris OS, Windows, Red Hat and SuSE Linux
Windows Vista support across the Sun Ultra x64 product line
Compatible upgrade path to next-generation Intel workstation processors
Cost-saving dual-core version extends the platform for general use
Installation services that help you fully utilize the industry's most open platform, built on open source technologies and open standards
Key Applications
Electronic Design Automation
Mechanical Computer Aided Design
Software Development
Visualization/Research
World Record Performance
The Sun Ultra 24 workstation, equipped with the fastest Intel® Core™2 Duo
Desktop Processor E6850, 8 GB of memory and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 video
card, tops the charts on "Normal" and "64-bit" versions of OCUS v.5
benchmark for PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, one of the most prominent MCAD
applications used world-wide.
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