Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

HP ZBook 15u mobile workstation gets ‘Kaby Lake’ upgrade

Posted by Greg Corke - January 17, 2017

HP has updated its low cost, compact 15.6-inch mobile workstation, the HP ZBook 15u. The new G4 model features a choice of dual core 7th generation ‘Kaby Lake’ CPUs, including…

Nvidia announces new ‘Pascal’ Quadro GPUs for mobile workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - January 17, 2017

Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI and Fujitsu are all in the process of launching Intel ‘Kaby Lake’ mobile workstations with new ‘Pascal’-based Quadro GPUs, including the latest Dell Precision 7720 which…

Workstation Specialists clocks Kaby Lake to 5.0GHz

Posted by Greg Corke - January 18, 2017

Workstation Specialists is breaking the magic 5.0GHz barrier with its new Intel 7th Generation Core i7 ‘Kaby Lake’ workstation, the WS-X143, thanks to liquid cooling. 5.0GHz is a full 0.5GHz…

EpiGrid uses multi user AMD FirePro GPUs to stream SolidWorks and other CAD tools from the cloud

Posted by Greg Corke - January 19, 2017

EpiGrid can stream SolidWorks and other 3D CAD applications to thin clients EpiGrid is using AMD’s multi-user FirePro GPUs in a private cloud VDI solution that can stream 3D CAD…

Iceotope offers passively cooled workstations and servers for harsh manufacturing environments

Posted by Greg Corke - February 3, 2017

Completely sealed Iceotope workstation on the factory floor, inside the AMRC’s composite centre where dust particles and fibres are a huge challenge for traditional air-based IT equipment. Iceotope is targeting…

Review: Nvidia Quadro P2000 and Quadro P4000 for CAD, viz & VR

Posted by Greg Corke - February 5, 2017

Nvidia is changing professional 3D graphics with a new family of Pascal Quadro GPUs

Nvidia targets users of simulation software with new double precision Quadro GP100 GPU

Posted by Greg Corke - February 13, 2017

Nvidia has launched the Quadro GP100, a ‘Pascal’-based workstation GPU designed specifically for compute tasks, big news for users of simulation software, including Ansys and Abaqus. This is the first…

8-core AMD Ryzen 7 CPU good news for CAD users who render

Posted by Greg Corke - February 22, 2017

If you use CAD alongside a physically-based renderer like KeyShot, V-Ray or PhotoView 360, read on, as this could seriously change the way you approach your next workstation purchase. AMD…

BOXX claims world’s smallest workstation with overclocked ‘Kaby Lake’ Core i7

Posted by Greg Corke - March 10, 2017

Is this the smallest workstation featuring an i7 Kaby Lake processor? BOXX has introduced the APEXX 1 1402, which it claims to be the world’s smallest workstation featuring an overclocked…

Lenovo previews three new mobile workstations, including ‘VR Ready’ ThinkPad P71

Posted by Greg Corke - March 10, 2017

The ‘VR Ready’ ThinkPad P71, out in April. Lenovo has unveiled three new mobile workstations – the ultra-portable 15.6-inch ThinkPad P51s, the mainstream 15.6-inch ThinkPad P51 and the VR-ready 17.3-inch…