Nvidia Blog: Moving The Workstation Beyond Its Tower

[notty22]

Moving The Workstation Beyond Its Tower

I think some might find this interesting. The 27-inch, 2560x1440 pixel, diagonal LED-backlit IPS display, opens up 'like the hood of a car'. And features upgradable components in a very slick looking package.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA1kQzNUCNw&feature=player_embedded This video shows the insides of the Monitor and the components / cooling /changing out a graphics card. Quadro.

HP :link

 

[Arkadrel]

Apple has their intire computer in case with monitor, however this seems alot more applealing to me. I like the concept.

The 1 unit, and wireless mouse/keyboard is neat.

That said..... that must really limit cooling options.

Theres no way you can get a 2500k and a 580 like GPU in such a small/tight case, without haveing really big heat issues. I think they should go with watercooling, and attach a radiator on the backside of the monitor That way they could probably fit much higher TPD inside it, and make it look that much more impressive.

 

[BD231]

Laptop parts at best, which is fine considering SSD speeds, this would have been better suited for Llano.

 

[SirPauly]

That's pretty neat.

 

[gorobei]

it is a nice all-in-one, but performance is laptop at best(I3 or xeon cpu and mobile quadro). the display is ips 8bit with afc to get to 1B colors. 400w psu.

the only real thing of note is the graphics card, and not for the graphics power. the layout is reversed so that the gpu die goes on what would be the opposite side of the pcb of a desktop card. such a reversed layout would be way better for desktops as any heat-pipe/chamber would lie on top of the die and would have gravity and capillary action working together rather than in opposition.

they kinda sacrificed some cooling power for thin elegance, there are 6 small fans inside running on low power(way too many points of failure for my tastes).

 

[HurleyBird]

This looks awesome!

 

[videogames101]

Of all computing systems, why would you want a workstation as an All-In-One? This is the market where towers make the most sense.

 

[gorobei]

Of all computing systems, why would you want a workstation as an All-In-One? This is the market where towers make the most sense.

unless you are working on a power video editing station the needs of a large corporate workstation aren't that much. all files will be on server drive so no need for large hd or raid array. most professional openGL applications arent that texture/graphic heavy so a crappy mobile gpu is enough. most stations dont need an optical drive either. beyond quiet cooling, those factors eliminate most of the need for a full tower. plus it's tool-less which is significant for the IT guy setting up hundreds of stations.

it also means only 2 cables: power and eithernet
vs a tower's 2xpowercable/1xeithernet/1xdvi/1mouse/1keyboard/any audio cables.

for a college or training facility computer lab, this sort of thing is far more convenient for cramming in as many stations as possible on limited table space.

 

[gorobei]

Also nvidia has very little to do with developing this, it is purely a HP product.

 

[Red Storm]

Small HTPCs would be easier to carry around this, yet you don't see people do it.

There's a significant difference between towers & all-in-one PCs and notebooks.

However, kudos to them for coming up with something new (at least I haven't seen before).

 

[gramboh]

unless you are working on a power video editing station the needs of a large corporate workstation aren't that much. all files will be on server drive so no need for large hd or raid array. most professional openGL applications arent that texture/graphic heavy so a crappy mobile gpu is enough. most stations dont need an optical drive either. beyond quiet cooling, those factors eliminate most of the need for a full tower. plus it's tool-less which is significant for the IT guy setting up hundreds of stations.

it also means only 2 cables: power and eithernet
vs a tower's 2xpowercable/1xeithernet/1xdvi/1mouse/1keyboard/any audio cables.

for a college or training facility computer lab, this sort of thing is far more convenient for cramming in as many stations as possible on limited table space.

The problem is how you define workstation. For many people, it means powerful computational work, heavy I/O workflow, HD video editing etc.

Corporate desktop using MS Office of course does not need anything like that. I think the HP design is appealing, it doesn't look as elegant as an iMac in the pictures, but I haven't seen it in person.

 

[blackened23]

I can't lie, this looks pretty cool :thumbsup: