Dell First to Ship Next-Generation Workstation Models

ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) today introduced two new models of its Dell Precision(TM) workstations, the world's top-selling line of professional workstations for the past eight years.(1) Available today with prices starting at approximately $1,600 and $1,850 respectively, the Dell Precision T5400 and the Dell Precision T7400 provide the highest levels of performance and expandability available in a Dell workstation.

Dell will be the first tier-one vendor to ship workstations with the latest Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors 5400 and 5200 series, using Intel's latest 45-nm manufacturing process.

"Workstation customers rely on specialized applications and demand maximum performance from their systems," said Antonio Julio, director worldwide marketing, Dell Precision workstations. "These systems have some of the fastest Intel processors, high-end OpenGL graphics and massive scalability and memory capacities. In fact, we've designed configurations with an industry-leading 1600MHz front-side bus to help provide screaming performance."

Dell simplifies workstation implementation and deployment by designing and certifying its platforms with more than 25 independent software vendors, supporting more than 60 applications and services. This gives professional workstation customers true "peace of mind" when running high-performance applications in fields that include engineering, digital content creation, scientific, finance and software development.

    Key Features

    --  A dual-socket design supports up to two next-generation
        multi-core Intel Xeon processors. Dell offers some of the
        fastest Intel Xeon processors available, up to 3.2GHz.
        Multiple processor cores can increase application performance
        dramatically in multi-threaded and multi-tasking environments.

    --  Dual, full-performance PCI Express Gen2 x16 graphics slots
        providing up to double the maximum bandwidth of PCI Express
        x16. This enables customers to include up to two
        high-performance OpenGL(R) graphics cards and support up to
        four 30-inch Dell(TM) UltraSharp(TM) flat panel monitors at
        full resolution.

    --  The T5400/7400 uses a dual independent front-side bus design -
        up to 1333MHz on the T5400 and up to 1600MHz on the T7400 - to
        provide a fast data path between processors, memory and
        chipset, benefiting memory bandwidth-intensive applications.

    --  Both models use a fully buffered DIMM architecture with up to
        800MHz front-side bus on the T7400, which will also support up
        to 128GB of system memory when 8GB DIMMs become available.

    --  Dell-engineered acoustic improvements make these systems up to
        33 percent quieter than their predecessors.

    --  Designed with the environment in mind to meet or exceed the
        worldwide mutually recognized Environmental Protection
        Agency's Energy Star Standard 4.0. Both models also use
        80-plus percent efficient power supplies to reduce power
        consumption.

Please click on the model number for additional information: Dell Precision T5400, Dell Precision T7400.

For more on how Dell customers use Dell Precision workstations, please click here.

To read more about Dell Precision workstations, including mobile versions and software certifications, please click here.

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(1) IDC 2Q07 Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker, August 2007

Source: Dell Inc.

Released November 27, 2007