Pros Need Professional-Grade Workstations

Mounting product complexity and shrinking time-to-market cycles have engineers in a constant race against the competition. Faced with such high-octane product development challenges, anything less than a professional-grade workstation comes up short on the horsepower and reliability to keep productivity humming at an optimal pace.

To help engineering organizations stay in top form, AMD and Dell have partnered on a line of workstations specifically tuned to run demanding CAD/CAM and design visualization software. The latest Dell Precision workstations, available in both desktop and mobile configurations, integrate such high-powered components as Intel Xeon CPUs, advanced storage and memory, and AMD FirePro professional graphics processing units (GPUs) to optimize performance for handling large data sets and to set new benchmarks for realism when performing complex visualizations.

AMD’s latest FirePro W-Series powers the new Dell Precision line of professional workstations.

Powered with the AMD FirePro W-Series of GPUs, the new Dell Precision workstation line offers engineers and designers a robust platform specifically calibrated to deliver optimal 3D performance, image quality and levels of reliability simply not possible with consumer-grade desktop systems. AMD and Dell also work closely with leading 3D design tool vendors to ensure the FirePro-injected Dell Precision workstation line is fully certified to run CAD/CAM, CAE, and visualization applications. Certification on professional design engineering software from Autodesk, Dassault Systemes, PTC and Siemens PLM Software ensures maximum performance and reliability for design engineers.

A Look Under the Hood

The new Dell Precision workstations offer configurations to meet a range of engineering needs. The base Precision Tower 5810 model, stocked with an Intel Xeon E5-1630v3 quad core processor and AMD FirePro W5100 GPU with 4GB of on-board memory, is primed to handle complex 3D CAD modeling with the occasional simulation or CAM visualization. The Dell Precision Tower 7910 uses a pair of Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 processors and a higher-end AMD FirePro W7100 GPU with 8GB of memory to tackle the most sophisticated engineering jobs.

Dell also packs professional computing and AMD FirePro graphics into a line of Precision mobile workstations for design professionals who need to take large dataset handling, sophisticated 3D modeling and visualization capabilities on the go.

Key to driving performance on the new Dell Precision workstations is AMD’s latest generation of FirePro W-Series GPUs. The new line packs up to 2x more graphics memory and more graphics power, resulting in significant application performance gains and image quality improvements. The AMD FirePro W-Series also supports PCI-Express 3.0 top-to-bottom, which delivers maximum data transfer rates at 32GB/s for handling large datasets, as well as top-to-bottom support for the latest 4K ultra high-definition displays. The AMD FirePro W-Series can accommodate up to six such displays from a single GPU.

Thanks to the latest improvements, the AMD FirePro W-Series loads 3D models quickly, delivering throughput that accelerates engineering productivity. Features such as fast full-scene anti-aliasing and support for advanced real-time shading functions, including SolidWorks’ RealView with Ambient Occlusion, enable AMD FirePro GPUs set the bar high for realistic design visualization that brings 3D CAD models to life and turbocharges digital design strategies.

To find out more about how AMD and Dell are collaborating to advance workstation performance, including details on their professional line of GPUs and workstations, visit www.fireprographics.com/dell.