AsusTek COMPUTER Releases TW100-E5 Workstation

By DE Editors

AsusTek COMPUTER Inc. (Fremont, CA) introduced the TW100-E5 iQuadro, said to be the first workstation built with the high-performance NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 chipset, and is also certified to provide excellent performance across a diverse spread of industry-leading applications developed by certified partners. These include computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD)/Autodesk/AutoCAD, Inventor, 3ds Max, digital content creation (DCC), research and geographic information system (GIS) — all serving as a workstation solution that is optimized to handle graphics-intensive tasks in these varied fields.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 470 chipset addresses the expanding graphics and parallel processing requirements that professional applications — from volume CAD to digital content creation applications — need. Compared to general workstations equipped with an FX570 graphics card, the TW100-E5 is able to support OpenGL 2.1 via its graphics chipset and deliver increased computing performance by 10 percent, says the company, for the AutoCAD VMB 2008 GeoMean application.

Benefits include cost-effective quad display for increased work efficiency, an energy-saving green design with an 86 percent high efficiency power supply, and flexible storage drives. The TW100-E5 iQuadro supports three SATA HDDs to meet the data storage demands of professionals. And to make hardware upgrades simpler and more convenient, the optional ASUS upgrade kits SASsaby 1064E (supports LSI Integrated RAID 0, 1, 1E) and SASsaby M (supports H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5) provide direct support for SAS storage and ensure reliable data protection.

For specifications, visit AsusTek COMPUTER Inc.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.