Lenovo ThinkStation C20
Beautifully designed workstation, which has the most compact dual processor capable chassis in the industry, but our test machine fails to take advantage of its true potential
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Greg Corke
Greg Corke is DEVELOP3D’s Managing Editor and resident workstation specialist. There’s nothing he likes more than putting the latest kit through its paces in 3D design, visualisation and simulation tools… well, there’s always travel, cooking, music and Arsenal as well.
Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processor changes the game for the entry-level CAD workstation
While many of you probably don’t care too much about workstation hardware, some of our readers certainly have an unhealthy obsession with processors, graphics cards and hard drives. These über…
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Sandy Bridge put through its paces in CAD/CAM/CAE workstations
OK, so we’ve finally rolled back the blinds after a few days holed up in DEVELOP3D Labs, and are now ready to share our findings on Intel’s new Sandy Bridge…
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Workstation manufacturers respond to flaw in Intel chipset
Just when everything was looking so rosy for Intel, the chip giant announced this week that it has discovered a design issue in the chip that supports its new Sandy…
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Clouds gather for GPU-based rendering
Bunkspeed’s Cloud Solution helps users publish interactive photorealistic scenes or 3D content to the Web. Image modelled in SolidWorks, rendered in Bunkspeed Shot While there’s isn’t exactly a shortage of…
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Dell unveils ‘Sandy Bridge’ Precision T1600 and re-writes the rules for entry-level wor
The Precision T1600 – the follow up to the Precision T1500 The definition of ‘entry-level’ appears to be changing as Dell launches the Precision T1600, powered by mid-range professional graphics,…
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What exactly do you get out of ‘Labs’ technology?
Activity on Autodesk’s Labs site had a big increase last year Autodesk’s recent news that its Labs Website has experienced more activity than ever before will come as little surprise…
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Sandy Bridge issue resolved at InterPro workstations
Ever since Intel recalled its 6 Series Express chipsets and Intel Xeon C200 chipsets (because of this issue), we’ve had readers asking us when the replacement mainboards will be available.…
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Wise up to warranties
Computers are amazing machines – until they break down and take weeks to repair, that is. Greg Corke gets wise to warranties and encourages anyone on the look out for…
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Egg Bot draws inspiration from old skool pen plotters
Forget chocolate – real eggs decorated by robot is where it’s at this Easter When I worked as a CAD operator back in the early nineties, we had a pen…
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