Acer Dual Core 64 Bit Altos G540 Server

Acer Altos G540 provides outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and new availability features at an affordable price. Advanced capabilities make the server easy to manage, which can help control IT expenses. Redundancy features such as redundant power supplies and native RAID solutions are offered on the Acer Altos G540. The G540 also offers you the possibility to upgrade to enterprise server features such as redundant arrays of storage, in a flexible and affordable manner.

Dual Core 64 Bit Performance:

Flexible systems design methodologies allow you to configure the G540 to match your budget. The Acer Altos G540 is based the Intel Xeon 5000 Series processor with 64 Bit processing technology. This platform enables you to run tomorrow's 64 bit applications and boost throughput using Dual Core technology. Indeed, the G540 is built to support next generation Quad Core processors when they become available. System performance can be scaled in line with your business growth, by the addition of a second processor. Redundant power supplies and redundant Hot-swap hard disk drives provide affordable performance and data protection. The G540 introduces Serial Attached SCSI technology to the Acer Altos Range, with throughputs of up to 3Gb/s per channel. The Acer Altos G540 is fully convertible from a tower to a rack mountable form factor.

Best in class redundancy and scalability solutions:

The G540 allows you to configure the system, to adapt to your business requirements. Hot-swap features allow you to perform system maintenance without any system downtime.
* Native SATA Raid 0/1 support
* Optional SAS or SATA RAID 5 support
* Up to 8 Hot-swap hard disk drive support
* Up to 32GB of ECC DDR II Memory support
* Memory sparing and memory mirroring
* Hot-swap power supply support
* Six PCI slots to increase I/O bandwidth for improved performance and productivity
* Integrated Dual Gigabit Ethernet with fault tolerance

Easy to install and manage:

Acer EasyBuild simplifies the installation and set-up, by providing an intuitive GUI based process and by providing all relevant tools to set up your Acer Altos G540. Advanced Server Manager 7.1 software makes comprehensive systems management easy. ASM provides performance management and critical event management and remote console services to network administrators. These components help you control IT expenses by making the G540 simple and efficient to manage.

Typical solutions scenarios:

* Workgroup application services
* File, print and fax services
* Groupware
* Domain controller
* DNS Server

Form Factor: Tower, Rack 5U with optional tower to rack conversion kit

Processor:
* One or two 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 5000/5100/5200/5400 sequence
* Front-side bus: 1066/1333 MHz
* Intel® EM64T
* Intel® Virtualization Technology
* Intel® Hyper-Threading™ Technology
* Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) support

Memory (Std/Max) :

* Eight Fully Buffered DDR2 667 ECC registered DIMMs
* 1GB to 4 GB DIMMs for up to 32 GB of total system memory
* Quad-channel memory bus
* Memory mirroring
* Memory sparing

Expansion slots:

* Three PCI Express™ x8 slots
* Two 64-bit/66 or 100 MHz PCI-X® slots
* One 32-bit 33 MHz PCI slot

Storage Interface:

* Six SATA 3 Gb/s ports onboard
* Optional U320 SCSI PCI-X® add-on card supports SCSI Tape Backup Devices
* Optional 8 Port SAS

Disk Bays:

* 8 SATA or SAS disks EZSwap or Hot Swap
* 8 SATA or SAS Hotswap option, in two Cage Bays (second cage optional)
* 3 5.25” bays

Max Internal Storage: 4.0TB SATA (8 500GB SATA drives), 2.4TB SCSI (8 300GB SAS drives)

Network Interface:
* Dual Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
* Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology

System Power Supply (Std/Max) :

* 610W Redundant Switching Power Supply (1/2)

Hot Swap Components:

* Optional Hard Disk Drives
* Redundant Power Supply
* Optional Hot Swap Redundant Fan

Systems Management:

* Acer Altos Easybuild
* Acer Altos Advanced Server Manager v7.1
* Acer Altos Remote Management Card option kit

Floppy and CD: Floppy included, 5.25" DVD Reader

Cooling system: Redundant Hot Swap Fan Option

Operating systems supported:
* Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
* Windows® Server 2003 Standard Edition
* Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
* Windows® Server 2003 Standard x64
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (EM64T)
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (EM64T)Edition
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
* Novell® NetWare® 6.5

Weight: 32 kg ( Note - weights vary according to configuration)

Dimensions: 445 (H) x 212 (W) x 550 (D) mm

Security features:
* Acer Altos Easydiagnostics o Power status LED o HDD access LED o LAN activity LED o System Status LED
* Chassis intrusion alert
* Lockable side panel

On-board I/O connectors:
* Two PS/2 ports
* Parallel port
* Serial port
* Six USB 2.0 ports (two front-accessible)
* Two Ethernet (RJ-45) ports
* VGA port

Options and acccessories :

* 64-bit Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 sequence: . 3 - 3.73 GHz with 2x2 MB L2 cache . 1.6 - 3 GHz with 4 MB L2 cach
* Memory: . Fully Buffered DDR2 533/667 ECC DIMMs: 512 MB, 1 or 2 GB
* HDD: . 73, 146, 300 GB (10,000 rpm) SAS HDD . 36, 73, 146 GB (15,000 rpm) SAS HDD . 160/250/320/400/500 GB (7,200 rpm) SATA 2 HDD
* Daughter cards/modules: . 8-port SAS daughter card . IPMI module . Acer Remote Management Card (ARMC/3)
* Add-on cards: . Zero-channel SAS RAID PCI-X® add-on card . ASC/3S single-channel U320 SCSI HBA (for backup device) . AFC/2S single-port 2Gb FC HBA . ASC/3D dual-channel U320 SCSI HBA (for backup device) . AFC/4S single-port 4Gb FC HBA . AFC/4D dual-port 4Gb FC HBA . Gigabit Ethernet server adapter
* Storage drives: . Acer AIT-1 Turbo 40/104 GB SATA tape drive . Acer DAT72 36/72 GB SCSI tape drive . DVD-RW or DVD/CD-RW . Acer AIT-2 Turbo 80/208 GB SCSI tape drive . Acer LTO Ultrium-2 SCSI tape drive . Acer LTO Ultrium-3 SCSI tape drive
* Altos rack mount kit
* Redundant Hot Swap fan module
* 610 W hot-swappable, redundant power supply module

New HP xw8600 Workstation

System features
Operating system:
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32 with downgrade to Windows® XP Professional 32 custom installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 64
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 64 with downgrade to Windows® XP Professional 64 custom installed
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® WS 5 64
HP Installer Kit for Linux
(HP Installer Kit for Linux (includes drivers for both 32-bit & 64-bit OS versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS4 and WS5))
Processor:
Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5200 Sequence processor
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5400 Sequence processor
Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core E5205 processor (1.86 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core E5240 processor (3.00 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core X5260 processor (3.33 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core X5270 processor (3.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Dual-Core X5272 processor (3.40 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1600 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5405 processor (2.00 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5410 processor (2.33 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5420 processor (2.50 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5430 processor (2.66 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5440 processor (2.83 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5450 processor (3.00 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core X5470 processor (3.33 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core X5492 processor (3.40 GHz, 2 x 6 MB L2 cache, 1600 MHz FSB)

Chipset: Intel® 5400

Processor cache: 6 MB L2 cache; 2 x 6 MB L2 cache

Form Factor: Rackable minitower

Memory: Maximum memory 128 GB 667 MHz DDR2, 16 DIMM slots

Storage: Drive Bays Internal:5 – 3.5-in,External: 3 – 5.25-in

Hard drive:
80 GB 7200 rpm SATA
160 GB 7200 rpm SATA NCQ
250 GB 7200 rpm SATA NCQ
500 GB 7200 rpm SATA NCQ
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA NCQ
80 GB 10000 rpm SATA NCQ
160 GB 10000 rpm SATA NCQ
73 GB 10000 rpm SAS SFF
146 GB 10000 rpm SAS SFF
73 GB 15000 rpm SAS
146 GB 15000 rpm SAS
300 GB 15000 rpm SAS

Optical Drives: DVD-ROM (SATA); DVD+/-RW Double Layer SuperMulti (SATA) with Lightscribe

Audio, Slots, and Ports: High Definition Integrated Realtek ALC262 Audio; optional Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Audio Card; HP Thin USB Powered Speakers
Slots
2 PCIe x16 Gen2 Graphics
2 PCIe (x8 mechanically, x4 electrically)
1 PCIe x8 (switchable as x1 or x8)
1 PCI-X 133 MHz
1 PCI

External: 2 USB 2.0,1 IEEE 1394,1 microphone in,1 headphone.

Rear: 5 USB 2.0; 1 IEEE 1394; 1 serial; 2 PS/2; 1 audio in; 1 audio out; 1 microphone in; 2 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN.

Graphics and Input/Output devices:
Graphics:
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 (256 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX370 (256 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX570 (256 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 (512 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700 (512 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 (768 MB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX5600 (1.5 GB)
ATI FireGL V5600 (512 MB)
ATI FireGL V7700 (512 MB)
Input devices:
PS/2 scroll mouse; USB optical scroll mouse; USB 3-button optical mouse; USB SpaceMouse; USB SpacePilot

Keyboard: PS/2 standard keyboard; USB standard keyboard

Network interface:
Dual Integrated Broadcom 5755 NetXtreme Gigabit PCIe; Optional Broadcom 5751 NetXtreme Gigabit PCIe; Optional Intel Pro 1000 PT Gigabit Ethernet Controller (PCIe)
Product specifications
Dimensions (w x d x h)
8.3 x 20.7 x 17.9 in (21 x 52.5 x 45.5 cm)

Weight: 40 lb (19.5 kg)

Power supply:
800 W and 1050 W 80 PLUS power supply wide ranging, Active Power Factor Correction, 80 PLUS efficient; ENERGY STAR® qualified configurations
Energy Efficiency

Warranty Feature:
Protected by HP Services, including a 3 years parts, 3 years labor, and 3 years onsite service (3/3/3) standard warranty. Terms and conditions vary by country. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.

New Intel Core i7 Processor

Intel® Core™ i7 processor is a revolution in multi-core performance. With faster, intelligent microarchitecture that applies processing power dynamically when needed most, the new Intel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They’re the best desktop processors on the planet.1 For whatever you do, Intel Core i7 processors ensure that you will experience maximum computing performance. The combination of Intel® Turbo Boost Technology2 and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology3 delivers maximum performance for demanding workloads.

Feature Benefit:
Quad-Core Processing: Four dedicated, independent processing cores in one package help operating systems and applications deliver additional performance, enabling end users to experience better multitasking and multithreaded performance across diverse applications and workloads.
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology3: Delivers two processing threads per physical core for a total of eight threads for massive computational throughput. With Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, highly threaded applications can perform more work in parallel, completing tasks sooner, and freeing users to do more with less wait time.

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology2: Dynamically increases the processor’s frequency when needed by taking advantage of thermal and power headroom. Get more performance automatically, when you need it the most.

8 MB Intel® Smart Cache: This large last-level cache enables dynamic and efficient allocation of shared cache to all four cores to match the needs of various applications for ultra-efficient data storage and manipulation.

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect: Intel’s latest system interconnect design increases bandwidth and lowers latency, while achieving data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/s.

Integrated Memory Controller: An integrated memory controller with three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz offers memory performance up to 25.6 GB/s. Combined with the processor’s efficient prefetching algorithms, this memory controller’s lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.

Intel® HD Boost: Includes the full SSE4 instruction set, significantly improving a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications.

Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS): Provides for more efficient processor and platform thermal control, improving system acoustics. By continuously measuring the temperature at each processing core, DTS can detect variations in processor temperature and dynamically enable system fans to spin only as fast as needed to cool the system. Potential benefits include significantly quieter operation.

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution: Improves execution speed and efficiency, delivering more instructions per clock cycle. Each core can complete up to four full instructions simultaneously.

Intel® Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth from the memory subsystem and reducing the effective latency of memory accesses.

Intel X58 Extreme DX58SO Motherboard

Intel launched their new LGA (Land Grid Array) Socket 1366 Core i7 CPUs just a month ago and the only motherboard chipset that supports the new CPU is the Intel X58 chipset. The Core i7 re-introduced Hyper-Threading technology and supports Intel’s Shared Smart Cache technologies. The LGA-1366 is the first Intel CPU to have the memory controller on the CPU not the Southbridge as earlier chipsets would have.

The X58 chipset is the first Intel chipset to natively support both SLI and Crossfire on the chipset level. Unfortunately, NVIDIA has not certified the Intel X58 motherboard for SLI though the various motherboards based upon this from other manufacturers support SLI out of the box. The DX58SO motherboard does fully support ATI’s Crossfire multi-GPU solution where you can install two ATI cards and run them together, but it is not currently SLI capable.

One of the key features of modern motherboard design that have been adopted by many manufacturers is the Solid Capacitors. An issue with some motherboards is leaking capacitors that cause the motherboard to not function properly. Solid capacitors have the advantage of not breaking off and leaking making the motherboard last longer and more stable at higher power frequencies. Intel’s DX58SO board has Solid capacitors.

Intel first introduced support for DDR3 support to their motherboard chipsets with the launch of the X38 chipset in 2007. The X58 chipset got rid of support for the earlier DDR2 standard and standardized on DDR3 memory support. As the memory controller is now on the CPU the Core i7 has direct access to the memory instead of going through the Northbridge as earlier CPUs would. The X58 chipset supports up to triple channel memory with memory bandwidth up to 76.8GB/second.

* Core i7 LGA1366 Processor support
* DDR3 1600MHz
* X58 Chipset
* High Definition Audio
* ATI Crossfire
* 12 USB 2.0 Ports
* Six Serial ATA 3.0Gb/second ports
* 2 IEEE-1394 ports
* Consumer IR receiver and emitter
* Solid capacitors
* Exclusive voltage regulator heatsinks

LG W2252TQ-TF 22-inch LCD Monitor

The Flatron W2252TQ-TF wide LCD monitor that epitomize a wide variety of cutting-edge technologies. High-tech design, best picture quality and ergonomic functionality optimizes the user environment. Play movies, Play games, Play wide, Play LG.

Product Summary:

* Manufacturer: LG Electronics
* Manufacturer Part Number: W2252TQ-TF
* Manufacturer Website Address: www.lge.com
* Product Name: Flatron W2252TQ-TF Widescreen LCD Monitor
* Product Type: LCD Monitor
* Actual Screen Size: 22", 22"
* Screen Technology: Active Matrix TFT
* Pixel Pitch: 0.282mm, 0.282mm
* Maximum Response Time: 2ms, 2ms
* Aspect Ratio: 4:3
* Horizontal Viewing Angle: 170°
* Vertical Viewing Angle: 170°
* Maximum Resolution: 1680 x 1050
* Aspect Ratio: 4:3
* Brightness: 300 Nit
* Aspect Ratio: 4:3
* Brightness: 300 Nit
* Ports: 1 x DVI-D-HDCP
* Color: Black
* Dimensions: 16.89" Height x 20.43" Width x 8.7" Depth - With Base, 16.89" Height x 20.43" Width x 8.7" Depth - With Base
* Weight: 9.7 lb - With Base
* Green Compliance: Yes
* Green Compliance Certificate/Authority: Energy Star

ATI Radeon HD 4800 PCI Express Card

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series GPUs bring the power of graphics ‘supercomputing’ to gamers, setting a new standard for visual computing. Redefine the way you play and take HD gaming to the extreme with best-in-class performance. With up to 1.2 teraFLOPS on tap, the TeraScale graphics engine delivers an immersive, cinematic gaming experience. Add this graphics card to your PC and watch Blu-ray movies and play HD content with incredible visual fidelity or take your experience to another level with new multimedia capabilities.

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series – Key Features

* TeraScale Graphics Engine - The new TeraScale graphics engine features up to 1.2 teraFLOPS, nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors so you can enjoy the high resolutions and fast frame rates previously only available with dual-card systems.
* Advanced Memory - GDDR5 memory provides twice the bandwidth per pin of GDDR3.
* Enhanced Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering - High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features.
* DirectX® 10.1 - Play today while preparing for tomorrow with state-of-the-art DirectX 10.1 graphics capabilities.
* ATI CrossFireX Technology - ATI CrossFireX technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so your system is ready to level up when you are.
* PCI Express 2.0 - Support for PCI Express 2.0 will prepare you for bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications.
* Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) - UVD 2 frees up your CPU for other tasks so you get The Ultimate Visual Experience for even the most processing-intensive content, including VC-1, H.264 and now MPEG-2. Also, take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities.
* Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT) - AVT allows you to convert videos to H.264 and MPEG-2 formats up to 19x faster than when using a just CPU.3 Full 1080p files can be converted to H.264 and MPEG-2 up to 1.8x faster than real-time.3
* Upscale Beyond 1080p - Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond.1
* Enhanced DVD Upscaling - Watch standard DVD movies in near high-definition quality with DVD upscaling. The GPU uses post processing algorithms to enhance standard and low resolution videos and movies on your HD display.
* Dynamic Contrast - Dynamic Contrast automatically adjusts the contrast and brightness during scenes to consistently deliver a crisp, vibrant picture.
* HDMI - Enjoy the latest audio technologies using HDMI with 7.1 digital surround sound support. Also, xvYCC support allows the user to enjoy a wider range of color when connected to a capable HDTV.
* Dynamic Power Management - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series graphics cards deliver high performance when needed and conserve power when the demand on the graphics processor is low.
* More Performance Per Watt - ATI Radeon HD 4800 series delivers up to 2x the performance per watt of AMD’s previous generation GPUs.

ATI FirePro™ V8700 Workstation Graphics Accelerator

ATI FirePro™ V8700 Workstation Graphics Accelerator

Overview
* Ultra high-end 3D workstation graphics solution
* Powered by scaleable ATI FirePro™ 3D workstation graphics accelerator with parallel processing Unified Shader architecture
* AutoDetect instinctively optimizes for user’s workflow
* PCI Express® 2.0 x16 bus interface
* 1GB GDDR5 graphics frame buffer memory
* 2 DisplayPort Outputs
* 1 Dual Link DVI-I Output
* High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit & 16-bit per RGB color component
* Full Shader Model 4.1 support for vertex and pixel shaders
* Certification for many CAD and DCC applications pending
* Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support and OpenGL 2.0 support
ATI FirePro™ 3D Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture
* 800 Unified Shader Engines
o Dynamic load balancing and resource allocation for vertex, geometry, and pixel shaders
o Common instruction set and texture unit access supported for all types of shaders
o Dedicated branch execution units and texture address processors
* Anti-Aliasing Features
o Multi-sample anti-aliasing: 2, 4, or 8 samples per pixel
o Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
o Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
Display Capabilities
* Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) for H.264/AVC, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video formats
* Two independent display controllers1
o Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
o Full 30-bit display processing (10-bit per RGB component)
* Two integrated DisplayPort outputs
o Each supporting 24- and 30-bit displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
* One integrated Dual Link DVI display output
o Support 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
o Includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback
API and OS Support
* OpenGL 2.1 with OpenGL Shading Language
* Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1
* Windows® XP, Windows XP64
* Linux® 32 and Linux 643
* Windows Vista® and Windows Vista® 64
System Requirements
* PCI Express® based workstation with available x16 lane graphics slot
* 350-Watt power supply or greater (assumes fully loaded system)
* 512MB of system memory
* Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
Warranty and Support
* Enterprise class support
* Three year limited product repair/replacement warranty
* Direct toll free phone and email access to dedicated workstation technical support team

Sony Ericsson W44S Multimedia Phone

The W44S is the Sony Ericsson company’s latest multimedia phone that boasts a dual-hinge QVGA display with BRAVIA technology, 115MB of internal memory, a 1Seg TV tuner, video recording capabilities, 3.2MP digicam, and a host of multimedia functions. It measures 101mm x 49mm x 24mm and weighs 146grams. Pricing and availability have not yet been announced.

Hypersonic passenger plane

A British team has designed a hypersonic passenger aeroplane that could one day fly passengers between Europe and Australia in less than five hours.The A2 aeroplane was designed by Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines and would carry 300 passengers at a top speed of almost 4,000mph. The company says the aircraft could be operating within 25 years and ticket prices would be comparable with an existing business class ticket, currently about £3,500.
The A2 is capable of sustained travel at Mach 5, or 3,800 mph, more than twice the speed of Concorde.At 143 meters long it is roughly twice the size of the biggest current jumbo jets.