Hardware

Year-End Workstation Evaluation

when specifying workstation upgrade, balance 4 components: processors, memory, storage, graphics

The Interface of Choice for SSDs

PCI Express provides much higher capacity path to storage drives than SATA does

Fujitsu Forum 2014

single processor Celsius M740, dual processor Celsius R940 were displayed, 360-degree virtual drive through Bavarian countryside on vintage white Vespa, Fujitsu’s 1U Celsius C620 rack workstation CAD demo with Teradici PCoIP technology

Pros and Cons of Solid State Drives for CAD Workstations

SSDs are more tolerant of environmental roughness, HDDs offer comparatively more storage capacity at lower cost

Know Your Processors: Intel Core and Xeon

Core offers capable CPUs for high-performance desktops, entry-class workstations, in addition to that, Xeon offers higher core counts per processor, support for dual-socket configurations, ECC memory support

Turning Lenovo’s TS440 Tower Server Into a BIM Server

2 USB 3.0 ports up front, quietly running fans, easy to plug, unplug Ethernet cables, traditional AMI bios without GUI, quality components with expanding options, but no spare power plugs for high-end video cards, memory is positioned perpendicularly to air flow, base price is $1,258

Lenovo ThinkPad W540

15.6″ 3K in-plane switching LCD display, Intel Core i7-4800MQ processor, NVIDIA Quadro K2100M mobile graphics card, supports 4 displays, available for $2,215