Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

HP unveils new Haswell Xeon E5 v3 workstations – the Z440, Z640, Z840

Posted by Greg Corke - September 8, 2014

HP has refreshed its desktop Z Workstation line up with three new machines built around Intel’s brand new Haswell-EP Xeon E5 v3 series CPUs and new professional GPUs from AMD…

Intel’s new Haswell-based Xeon E5 v3 processor boasts up to 18 cores in a single CPU

Posted by Greg Corke - September 8, 2014

Dual CPU workstations can now have a whopping 36 cores and 72 threads Intel has launched its next generation Xeon chip, the Haswell-based Xeon E5 v3 series. Dell, HP, Lenovo…

NaviSite introduces Desktop-as-a-Service solution for 3D CAD

Posted by Greg Corke - September 9, 2014

NaviSite’s Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution is optimised for 3D graphical workloads by using Nvidia GRID technology. NaviSite is hoping to entice design and engineering firms into the world…

Lenovo ThinkStation P Series application performance figures with new Haswell Xeon E5 v3 CPUs

Posted by Greg Corke - September 9, 2014

One of the questions we get asked most often at DEVELOP3D is how does my three year-old workstation compare to the latest and greatest? And with the release of Intel’s…

NextComputing offers Intel Xeon E5 v3 in luggable workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - September 10, 2014

Want 36 CPU cores in a ‘mobile’ workstation? You got it! If you need to take your high-end CAD/CAM/CAE workstation on the road but are fed up with Styrofoam packaging…

Fujitsu unveils Haswell Xeon E5 v3 Celsius M740 and R940 workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - October 6, 2014

The new Fujitsu Celsius M740 and R940 (centre and centre right) join the mobile Celsius H730, the rack C620 and single CPU W530 (centre left) Today, Fujitsu became the final…

@Xi offers huge choice with new MTower workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - October 7, 2014

California-based @Xi Computer Corporation has revamped its entire workstation line up. The company’s updated ‘MTower’ workstations boast new CPUs, including the new Intel ‘Haswell’ Xeon E5-2600 v3 and select Intel…

Ansys Fluent CFD software scaled to 36,000 cores

Posted by Greg Corke - November 19, 2014

Internal combustion engine modelled using Ansys Fluent Ansys and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) have scaled Ansys Fluent, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, to a whopping 36,000…

Fujitsu Forum 2014: supporting 16 CAD users with a single workstation and HPC for SMEs

Posted by Greg Corke - November 25, 2014

The Fujitsu virtual Vespa From desktops and clusters to virtualisation and Vespas, the show floor at last week’s Fujitsu Forum in Munich offered plenty for design and engineering firms to…

Skanska to develop first commercial 3D concrete printer

Posted by Greg Corke - November 26, 2014

The 3D printer is able to make things which cannot be manufactured by conventional processes. Skanska is leading an 18-month programme to develop the world’s first commercial concrete printing robot.…