HP Z Workstations and Eidos Montreal Game Development

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Canadian Game Development Studio Eidos Montreal utilized HP Z Workstations in their development pipeline to produce their 1st game - Deus EX Human Revolution. 

Hear from Stephan D'Astous GM of Eidos Montreal about the challenges in the gaming industry and how the Z's reliability and stability where a perfect match for their software and middleware.  

Frederic Chappart their R&D Director also talks about the Z as a solid stable platform that took them through the entire development of the game and testing of the game. 

Patrick Enfedacque Eidos Montreal's Lead Gameplay Programmer comments on how the HP Workstation just work.

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At NAB Show - HP DreamColor Display & Hurlbut Visuals

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Digital film and video production with color critical control from start to finish.

Shane Hurlbut A.S.C. Cinematographer from Hurlbut Visuals talks at NAB Show about the changes he has made to his production workflow since integrating HP's DreamColor Display with 7 pre set color spaces including REC 709 and Adobe RGB. 

Shooting with today's digital pro cameras - like RED and Canon, Shane uses the DreamColor on location as his eyepiece for getting the color right from the beginning. 

His 1st exposure to the DreamColor was on the set of Act of Valor. He also talks about the DreamColor's seamless integration for both field and post editing.

READ ALSO: Color Critical Film Production : HP Dream Color Displays and Hurlbut Visuals

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HP Workstations : Reliability

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A workstation is the fastest, most expandable, and most reliable computer available. 

It is designed to meet the demands of professionals, who work with large and complex datasets and intricate 3D models. 

HP is a leader in the Workstation industry and their Workstations set the standard for innovation, performance and reliability. That’s why industry-leading companies, from DreamWorks Animation to Gulfstream, choose HP Workstations.

As industry veterans, HP developed and applies whole-system engineering to design a system in which the processor, memory, graphics, operating system, and applications work together seamlessly. 

HP Workstations undergo comprehensive testing to ensure that hardware and software are optimized for professional configurations and 24/7 use. HP Workstations are built to last. And with stable lifecycles a company’s first installed workstation can easily match the last.

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AMD Opteron 6200, 4200 and 3000 Processors

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AMD presents the new AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series - the world’s first and only 16 - core x86 server processor with the highest core density for incredible scalability to handle demanding multi - threaded workloads such as cloud computing, virtualization, high - performance computing (HPC), databases and business applications.

The innovative modular architecture helps pack in more cores, making it the natural choice for heavy-threaded cloud computing environments and enterprise applications that demand outstanding performance and scalability.

The Opteron 6200 and 4200 Series processors (formerly code-named “Interlagos” and “Valencia”) are designed to give enterprises better performance for business with up to 84 percent higher performance, increased scalability for virtualization with up to 73 percent more memory bandwidth, enabling servers to host more virtual machines and also handle increasing workloads and more efficient economics for the Cloud with half the power per core, requiring 2/3 less floor space and up to 2/3 lower platform price.

The Opteron 3000 Series platform is targeted to the ultra-dense, ultra-low power 1P Web Hosting/Web Serving and Microserver markets. The first processor will be the 4-8 core CPU code-named “Zurich”, expected to ship in the first half of 2012. “Zurich” is based on the “Bulldozer” architecture and leverages the new Socket AM3+. This series offering is designed for hosting customers who require dedicated servers for their customers.

You can find more information and technical characteristics, with interesting performance measurements from AMD here and here. 

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AMD announced FirePro V4900 Workstation graphics card

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Professional graphics offer strong performance and outstanding reliability while delivering features that help boost the productivity of professionals working with medium to large models, all in a single slot, half-length solution.

AMD announced the FirePro V4900 Workstation graphics card that expands the company's product line on the upper end of the entry-level professional graphics market. 

The card comes with 1 GB of 128-bit GDDR5 RAM with a memory bandwidth of 64 GB/s. the card integrates 480 stream processing units, two DisplayPort interfaces and one dual-link DVI port to run up to six independent displays simultaneously. AMD says that the maximum power consumption of the card is below 75 watts. DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.2 and OpenCL are supported.

"The AMD FirePro V4900 stands in a league of its own and redefines entry-level professional graphics card capabilities," said Sandeep Gupte, general manager of professional graphics, AMD. "The AMD FirePro V4900 leverages AMD’s most advanced graphics technology, which not only enhances user experience and boosts performance of professional applications, but also features AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology that supports up to six displays4 increasing user productivity."

AMD will be offering the card in workstation systems offered by Dell, Fujitsu and HP. The standalone card has an MSRP of $189.

The AMD FirePro™ V4900 has received outstanding acclaim from many of AMD's partners.

Take a look at what they have to say about it. 

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ASUS : P9X79WS X79 Workstation board

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Hey folks. I got some interesting news for you today. Not entirely unexpected, Asus will be launching a WS or WorkStation version of its P9X79 motherboards which is simply called the P9X79WS and the first picture of the new board has now appeared online. This model shares some basic design elements with the Pro and Deluxe boards, but it's pretty clear that it's not intended for the same market. 

ASUS may have the amazingly sexy Republic of Gaming boards, but Workstation (WS) series boards are filled to the brim with great detail and are fit for mission - critical environments. The WS - branded boards are usually based on chipsets from Intel's client product lines rather than Enterprise lines. Intel's Sandy Bridge - E 1P platform will get a similar treatment with the P9X79WS. 

The board is based on an ATX form-factor, and uses the typical X79 layout. The socket LGA2011 is powered by a 10 - phase Digi+ VRM, which is cooled by a heatsink that shares its heat with a VRM heatsink cluster over the memory VRM, and one over the X79 PCH. 

ASUS' P9X79WS features eight DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting SB-E's quad-channel memory, and all PCI-Express slots are long-type, and the board supports 4-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFire X support. Storage-wise we have two SATA 6Gbps and four SATA 3Gbps from the PCH, two SATA 6Gbps from a discrete controller, and to my surprise, a lack of eSATA. 

Six USB 3.0 ports are included with two on the rear panel and four provided by headers, two Gigabit Ethernet connections both from Intel-made controllers, Firewire and 8-channel HD audio. 

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