Issue: SIGGRAPH 2006 - DAY 1

HP INTROS ENTRY-LEVEL WORKSTATION

BOSTON - HP (www.hp.com) is at SIGGRAPH with its new xw4400, a low-cost, entry-level workstation featuring the new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors and 975X Express chipset. The system is designed for engineers, designers, video editors and other power users, and has a starting price of under $1,000.

"Our customers have an insatiable demand for performance - the xw4400 offers a performance breakthrough over previous system architectures," says Jim Zafarana, VP and worldwide marketing manager, workstation global business unit, HP. "The xw4400 boasts dual-graphics capabilities, an internal USB port for secure software licensing, and leading acoustic levels, all with less power required at the plug."

The xw4400 comes loaded with Microsoft Windows 32-bit or x64 and has a wide range of graphics, memory and storage options, including new serial-attached SCSI hard drives. The workstation, which ships this month, also will be Windows Vista Capable and will offer Red Hat Enterprise Linux later this fall. Users can select from a wide range of PCIe x 16 graphics cards.

The unit's versatile, convertible mini-tower chassis gives users the option of using the compact workstation in a desk-side or desktop configuration. A tool-less chassis provides for easy service, upgrading and maintenance.

Additional product features include up to 8GB total memory capacity to enable manipulation of large data sets, which previously had to be split into subsets, along with 64-bit Extension Technology, which provides support for enormous virtual memory addressing and the capability to run 64-bit operating systems and applications.