Features

[May 23, 2005] CAD Models for the Masses: Universal 3D
Professionals use 3D workstations to create formidably rich renderings and detailed data files -- so rich, in fact, that they can't be viewed on the boss's or sales staff's everyday PCs. Intel, Adobe, and other members of an industry association are changing that with a compact, scalable, flexible file format now built into Adobe Acrobat 7.0.

[November 17, 2004] Orion Puts a Cluster on Your Desktop
The gap between the performance of a desktop and a supercomputing cluster is immense, but Orion Multisystems says its Transmeta Efficeon-powered platform offers the best of both: as many as 96 processors in a desktop-size Linux system designed for easy access by a single user.

[September 29, 2004] HP's Remote Workstation Access Promises "Just Like Local" Experience
How can you work from home when your workstation's at the office? How can your team collaborate on a complex DCC or CAD project, even if only one of your systems has the 3D graphics power to produce it? HP says its new screen-sharing software offers a virtual alternative to high-end workstation hardware -- with virtually real-time response.

[July 21, 2004] EDA Helps Engineers Get Out of the Lab
Faster processors, bigger screens, and improvements in portable graphics systems are differentiating mobile workstations from their civilian notebook cousins -- and taking electronic design automation from the office to the factory floor.

[June 29, 2004] Intel Remakes Workstations with PCI Express, DDR-2, 64-Bit Xeon CPUs
The Pentium 4's workstation-and-server sibling and Itanium's understudy steps into a spotlight of its own, with new 90-nanometer-process Xeon CPUs boasting 64-bit functionality, a faster bus, and other features and a new two-way chipset opening the gate to PCI Express graphics. Here's the scoop on Intel's new platforms, ATI's and Nvidia's new options, and the latest workstation introductions from HP and Dell.