30th July 2012 - Derby, UK
See Us @ TCT Live - September 25th & 26th 2012
Check out our latest 3D Desktop & Mobile Workstation Solutions
We will shortly be exhibiting at this years annual TCT Live exhibition. Held at the Birmingham NEC on the 25th and 26th of September, this prestigious computer aided design and engineering exhibition showcases some of the world's bleeding edge engineering technologies.
We are proud to be exhibiting for the 3rd year running, and will be demonstrating our latest desktop and laptop workstations powered by NVIDIA Quadro 3D Graphics. See the world's fastest and most powerful desktop computing platform our WS2880, and our WS-M1750 which has re-written performance benchmarks (previously set by our previous mobile workstation the WS-M1710).
We'll be demonstrating a number of key system specifications, along with products from key technology partners 3DConnexions and Solidworks so stop by and enter yourselves in a prize draw to win a powerful 3D CAD Workstation.
For free tickets, or to find out more please call us on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
21st June 2012 - Derby, UK
Certified NVIDIA Maximus GPU Workstations - Now Available!
Industry Certified Workstations with Quadro + Tesla GPUs
Introducing our WS1850 desktop 3D graphics workstations: NVIDIA Maximus Certified for use in the most intensive of professional industry environments.
Powered by NVIDIA GPUs, this powerful new workstation combines NVIDIA Quadro® GPUs and high-performance NVIDIA® Tesla™ co-processors to further enhance the digital production pipeline.
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs automatically perform the heavy lifting of rendering or CAE computations, freeing the Quadro GPUs to enable rich interactive graphics. The WS1850 workstation allows engineers, artists, designers or scientists can now interact with high-performance visuals while performing simulations or renderings on the same system – at the same time.
Engineers and Product Designers can now....
- Design and render on a single machine without bogging it down
- Interact with 3D applications while simultaneously running simulations up to 4x faster at the desktop
- Reduce the need for costly prototypes by moving to simulation driven design
- Continue to design while renders run up to 9x faster in the background
Video Editors can now...
- Edit more layers and effects in real-time
- Obtain almost 6x better price/performance
Test drive today, and see how NVIDIA Quadro + Tesla can enhance your productivity.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
15th June 2012 - Derby, UK
WS1450 'Ivy Bridge' Workstation - Now Unleashed
Superb Multi-Core Entry Level Workstation
Intel Ivy Bridged Powered 3D Graphics Workstation Released Today. Powered by the 3rd Generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 3xxx Series Multi-Core Processors to bring unprecedented levels of workstation performance with an entry level price tag.
Engineered as a powerful 3D modelling and design creation workstation, the WS1450 brings mid range performance with an entry level price. Perfect for 3D CAD and Creative Modelling Tasks. Low Acoustics, Expandability and Very Low Power Consumption also add to the appeal.
With benchmark scores already available, this new workstation offers a great 15% like for like performance gain over its predecessor the WS1410. Check out these online now.
Now shipping, our WS1450 is available to test drive today. Check out our benchmark scores online, and for specification and pricing info please speak with our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
7th March 2012 - Derby, UK
Workstation Specialists WS2850 Workstation - Now Unleashed!
Superb 16x Core (32x Thread) Desktop Workstation Powerhouse
Today we officially released our new ultra high end desktop 3D graphics workstation. Powered by the highly anticipated Intel Xeon E5-2600 series Sandy Bridge CPUs, and available with a host of innovative and powerful enterprise class workstation features.
Supporting Quad-Channel DDR 3 Memory at up to 1600MHz, up to 512GB of memory spread over 16x DIMM slots, a total of 80x PCI-E Lanes, support for up to 4x dual slot GPUs (or 7x single slot GPUs), clock speeds up to 3.80GHz, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0, and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology for a true performance experience.
With benchmark scores already available, this new workstation has re-written the scores for ultra-high-end systems. Providing almost a 45% sped increase over its closet rival.
Now shipping, our WS2850 is available to test drive today. Check out our benchmark scores online, and for specification and pricing info please speak with our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
7th March 2012 - Derby, UK
Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series CPUs Now Available!
True Eight Core (Sixteen Thread) 64Bit Processors for the Enterprise Workstation Market
Intel today officially released their highly anticipated Sandy Bridge Xeon CPUs. Powered by the next generation micro architecture, with a host of performance features that will rewrite workstation benchmarks for some time. Supporting Quad-Channel DDR 3 Memory at up to 1600MHz, 80x PCI-E Lanes, Intel Turbo Boost 2.0, and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology for a true performance experience.
Available in both single and dual CPU configurations with either 6 or 8x processor cores per CPU, this bleeding edge processor architecture is perfectly suited to demanding processor and memory I/O workflows (data simulation, rendering, data mining, DAQ, scientific research etc)
Now shipping in our WS2850 series workstations, and RS Render Nodes (from April 2012) so test drive today, and see how you can really speed up your workflow.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
17th January 2012 - Derby, UK
NVIDIA Maximus GPU Powered Workstations - Now Available!
Workstation Powered by NVIDIA Quadro + Tesla GPUs Deliver Outstanding Performance Results for Intensive Visual Workflows
Introducing NVIDIA Maximus: NVIDIA Maximus-powered GPU workstations solve this challenge by combining the industry-leading professional 3D graphics capability of NVIDIA Quadro® GPUs and the high-performance computing power of NVIDIA® Tesla™ GPUs. Tesla co-processors automatically perform the heavy lifting of rendering or CAE computations, freeing the Quadro GPUs to do what they do best—enabling rich interactive graphics
With Maximus technology in their workstations, engineers, artists, designers or scientists can now interact with high-performance visuals while performing simulations or renderings on the same system – at the same time.
Engineers and Product Designers can now....
- Design and render on a single machine without bogging it down
- Interact with 3D applications while simultaneously running simulations up to 4x faster at the desktop
- Reduce the need for costly prototypes by moving to simulation driven design
- Continue to design while renders run up to 9x faster in the background
Video Editors can now...
- Edit more layers and effects in real-time
- Obtain almost 6x better price/performance
Test drive today, and see how NVIDIA Quadro + Tesla can enhance your productivity.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
15th December 2011 - Derby, UK
NVIDIA Quadro 4GB Q5010M Laptop Released!
Workstation Class 4GB 384x Cuda Core NVIDIA Quadro Q5010M Laptop Unleashed on the Professional Market!
Accelerate your entire 3D Workflow
The newest NVIDIA® Quadro® Professional Mobile graphics solution is now available as standard in all our WS-M series laptop workstations. Amazing GPU performance for 3D design, simulation and render the powerful 4GB NVIDIA Quadro Q5010M is 100% ISV certified for use with leading professional software applications and is perfectly suited to even the most intensive of user workflows.
Enquire today, and see how bleeding edge Quadro graphics can enhance your productivity.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
11th November 2011 - Derby, UK
WS1650 - Six-Core Intel Sandy Bridge Workstation launch!
Workstation Specialists have today announced the release of their latest Six-Core Mid-Range Workstation named the WS1650. Powered by the Intel Core i7 3930K & Extreme 3960X CPUS. and the latest X79 Intel Workstation Chipset.
 High End system Performance - Mid Range Price
Packing 12x processing threads (6x physical cores) and up to 64GB of RAM into a compact workstation, the WS1650 delivers on every level .Perfect as a high speed 3D Design/Modelling system (thanks to its 3.2GHz+ clock speed) and no slouch at heavy duty multi-threaded tasks like 3D rendering or Analysis/Simulation.
Available as a standard workstation, or as part of our WSX 'Workstation Enhanced' series in the WSX6 this new generation of PCI-Express 3.0 workstation is future proofed for years to come.
Priced from under £1400 the WS1650 breaks new performance barriers for a mid level 3D workstation and offers outstanding price/performance for creative tasks. perfect for 3D CAD, Modelling and light rendering tasks.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
April 26th 2011 - Derby, UK
Workstation Specialists Sponsor bluegfx Expo -12th May 2011!
Workstation Specialists are pleased to sponsor the bluegfx expo technology event
(Ravensbourne College, 12th May 2011)
"Bringing Media & Entertainment vendors and customers together in one showcase event."
 Lean what to do, how to do it and with maximum effect,
direct from Industry experts.
Lean from the experts about the latest 3D modelling & animation technologies, how to optimise your render pipeline, the latest Cloud (CPU & GPU) phenomenon, the future of the GPU & graphics technologies, storage and management of high volumes of data, how to optimise your studio environment, what you need for stereoscopic production.
Better still, hear in person from customers about the real production challenges faced by games, design visualisation and film/TV projects.
Register today for your chance to win a FREE Apple iPad 2.
http://www.bluegfxexpo.co.uk/register/.
4th April 2011 - Derby, UK
Top speed Six-Core WS2610 Now available!
Workstation Specialists today have announced a new 6-Core CPU line up across their entire WS2610 workstation range
 12x Core performance from Top to Bottom
Now available with 12x Processing Cores for under £2,000 our WS2610 offers the rendering performance you need at a price you wouldn't expect. Available with clock speed from 2.40GHz all the way to 3.46GHz our WS2610 workstation offers the worlds fastest application performance available and an astonishing return on investment.
Powered by Intel Xeon 56xx series CPUs and NVIDIA Quadro professional Workstation Graphics the WS2610 is a serious 3D Power house.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
11th February 2011 - Derby, UK
WS1410 - Intel Sandy Bridge Workstation launch!
Workstation Specialists have today announced the release of their latest Quad-Core Entry Level Workstation named the WS1410. Powered by the Intel core i5/i7 2nd Generation Series CPUS and the B3 Stepping Cougar Point Workstation Chipset.
Entry level Price = Mid Range Performance
never before has so much computing power been at the hands of the entry level user. Based on our ever popular WS1400 series, the WS1410 revision brings with it a host of new technologies including Intel turbo boost 2.0, USB3.0, Serial ATA 3 (6GB/Sec) and the 2nd Generation of Intel Core i5 and Core i7 Processors.
priced from just £850 the WS1410 breaks new performance barriers for an entry level 3d workstation and offers outstanding price/performance for creative tasks. perfect for 3d CAD, 3d Modelling and light rendering tasks.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
27th July 2010 - Derby, UK
NVIDIA Quadro Fermi Graphics Cards Now Available!
Workstation Specialists are now pleased to offer the very latest NVIDIA Quadro 'Fermi' Graphics Cards in ALL their Professional 3D Graphics Workstations
 Accelerate your entire workflow
The newest NVIDIA® Quadro® professional solutions are true technological breakthroughs, delivering up to 5X faster performance across a broad range of design, animation and video applications. Built on the innovative NVIDIA Fermi architecture, the latest Quadro offerings are the first professional-class GPUs to integrate high performance computing capabilities with advanced visualization techniques, transforming modern workflows.
The result is a visual supercomputer right at your desk, capable of streamlining the way you work every day. Featuring new Scalable Geometry Engine™ technology, Quadro can deliver an unheard of 1.3 billion triangles per second, shattering previous 3D graphics limitations. With Quadro solutions, your work flows -- you can design, iterate and deliver higher quality projects in less time.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
16th March 2010 - Derby, UK
Six & Twelve Core Computer Workstations - NOW AVAILABLE!
Workstation Specialists are now pleased to launch the very latest release of their desktop workstation portfolio. Available with up to 12x CPU Cores (24x Threads) to offer widest range of choice to leading professionals worldwide.
WS1400: Now Available with Intel Core i3, i5 & i7 based CPUs and configurable for any project size of budget our entry level workstation range now has a specification to suit everybody. From 2D Graphics & DTP, through to 3D CAD and beyond.
WS1600: Now Available with Intel Core i7 & Xeon CPUs with up to 6x CPU Cores (12x CPU Threads) this high performance 3D Graphics power house offers the very price/performance for leading 3D professionals. From 3D CAD, Motion Graphics & VFX. Priced to suit project/budgets of all sizes.
WS2600: The ultimate 3D Graphics workstation, powered by TWO Intel Xeon 5600 Series 'Westmere' CPUs for the ultimate performance experience. Available with over 2.7million different conjurations and designed to meet every need, of even the most demanding projects/data sets.
For further information please contact our system specialists on +44 (0) 800 180 4801.
14th March 2010 - Derby, UK
Computer Graphics Student Awards 2010
Workstation Specialists are proud to be sponsors of the first annual Computer Graphics Student Awards, an online event focused on showcasing the technical and creative talents of fresh talent in the feature animation, visual effects film & broadcast industries.
CgCoach.com has launched the Computer Graphics Student Awards for 2010. The goal of the event is to showcase new industry talent, promote training facilities, and kick-start thirteen careers with fully paid eight week Internships at London’s leading production studios Framestore and Double Negative.
The event is divided into eleven specific categories, ranging from “Student of the Year”, “School of the Year”, and “Excellence” awards in all aspects of production such as modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, animation, fx, compositing, and concept art.
Artists eligible to enter the awards will be asked to submit a single (1) video to CgCoach.com and complete the application form. The CgCoach.com team will then short-list students for each of the awards categories. All the short-listed winners will be presented online via an interactive portfolio system where the official Judging Panel will select their favourite entries.
The Computer Graphics Student Awards - 2010, has a total of ten sponsors offering prizes to the value of approximately $67,000USD. Sponsors include Framestore, Double Negative, Smith Micro, Luxology, Workstation Specialists, Pixologic, Next Limit, Nevercenter, 3D World Magazine, and Digital-Tutors.
Registrations for this event close May 10th, 2010 (Winners announced June 16th, 2010)
Please contact CcGoach for further details.
1st December 2009 - Derby, UK
NVIDIA 'Mad Science' Promotion
Do Science with Tesla Today. Be First to do Mad Science with Fermi.
Introducing the NVIDIA® Tesla™ Upgrade to Fermi Promotional Offer.
 For a limited time only, purchase a Tesla C1060 GPU Computing Processor or a Tesla S1070 1U GPU Computing System from us and qualify for a special, limited time promotional upgrade to a new Fermi-based Tesla 20-series GPU computing product.
Based on the next generation CUDA™ architecture, code named “Fermi”, the new Tesla 20-series GPU Computing Solutions offer the most advanced GPU computing architecture ever built. It features innovative technology including up to 8X double precision performance, more parallel processing capabilities, ECC implementation, and the NVIDIA GigaThread™ engine -- delivering results for the most demanding HPC applications faster and more accurately.
For Workstation/Super Computer Customers:
When you purchase a Tesla C1060 GPU Computing Processor through this promotional offer, you will qualify for a no penalty upgrade to a Tesla C2050 or a Tesla C2070 GPU Computing Processor. Start experiencing GPU computing today on a Tesla C1060 and be assured to be one of the first to receive the new Fermi-based Tesla C2050/C2070 GPU Computing Processor.
For Data Center Customers:
When you purchase a Tesla S1070 1U GPU Computing System through this promotional offer, you will qualify for a special, limited-time discounted price for a Tesla S2050 or a Tesla S2070. Accelerate your datacentre with a Tesla S1070 now and be one of the first to reach new heights of performance with the new Tesla S2050/S2070 1U GPU Computing System.
For Customers in Education/Academia:
If you are a professional in the education segment, we have designed a special promotion to help you continue your research while being one of the first in line to receive a new Tesla 20-series GPU Computing Processor or 1U Computing System.
Hurry! This offer ends on January 31, 2010. Don’t miss this opportunity to be first to do mad science with the next generation Tesla GPU computing products based on Fermi.
Please contact one of our system specialists for further details.
+44 (0) 800 18 4801
18th November 2009- Derby, UK
Autodesk 3D Technology Day - Hosted by bluegfx London, Transport Museum, 10th December 2009
Workstation Specialists would like to invite you to the latest bluegfx 3D technology day, being held at the London Transport Museum on the 10th December 2009. If you are in the design visualisation, film, broadcast or games industries, please come and join us to see the latest 3D technologies and hear from industry renowned guest speakers.
Entry is free of charge but register early to avoid disappointment. All attendees will also receive complimentary entrance tickets to the museum. To register please visit bluegfx.com For more details, please call 01483 467200 or email info@bluegfx.com For more info, download the agenda for both days from the following link:
http://www.bluegfx.com/3dtech_agenda.pdf
22nd October 2009- Derby, UK Microsoft Windows 7 Launch - The Default OS on ALL WS Systems The Perfect Visual Operating System for Digital & Creative Professionals! The next generation of Microsoft Windows is upon us. Building on the innovative tools of Vista with the stability and compatibility of XP the new Windows 7 is everything you need from a modern operating system. Perfect with digital and creative workflows. Available now as the default operating system on ALL workstation specialist systems (Microsoft Windows Vista & XP are still available as downgrades if required). For further details please feel free to contact us..
2nd October 2009- Derby, UK Intel Core i5/i7 SKT1366 Quad-Core processors - NOW AVAILABLE The Next Generation Entry level Workstation is Here! The next generation Intel Core workstations are here. Code named our WS1400 series this new generation of Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 Quad-Core CPU workstations packs a serious punch for very little money. Priced from under £900 GBP this powerful workstation series innovates the very latest P55 Workstation Architecture from Intel, packing ever more features into a standard entry level platform (Intel Turbo Mode, Hyper-Threading, Quad-Core, DDR3 Memory, Next Generation PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics and much more...) Designed as a pure entry level solution, the WS1400 has been engineered to allow new start design and creative professionals to punch above their body weight when out in the field. Available with a variety of specifications and all 100% custom built to order (not to stock) our WS1400 is available NOW. For further details please feel free to contact us..
30th September 2009- Derby, UK NVIDIA Unveils its new 'Fermi' GPU Architecture The Next Generation CUDA Architecture, Code Named Fermi
The Soul of a Supercomputer in the Body of a GPU The next generation CUDA architecture, code named “Fermi”, is the most advanced GPU computing architecture ever built. With over three billion transistors and featuring up to 512 CUDA cores, Fermi delivers supercomputing features and performance at 1/10th the cost and 1/20th the power of traditional CPU-only servers.
Fermi makes GPU and CPU co-processing pervasive by addressing the full-spectrum of computing applications. Designed for C++ and available with a Visual Studio development environment, it makes parallel programming easier and accelerates performance on a wider array of applications than ever before – including dramatic performance acceleration in ray tracing, physics, finite element analysis, high-precision scientific computing, sparse linear algebra, sorting, and search algorithms.
Fermi features several major innovations:
• 512 CUDA cores
• NVIDIA Parallel Data Cache technology
• NVIDIA GigaThread™ engine
• ECC support For further details please check out our extensive HPC & GPU products available through our product range pages online.
5th August 2009- Derby, UK Intel Xeon W5590 Nehalem Xeon CPUs now Available @ 3.33GHz We are pleased to announce the release of another ultimate performance processor from Intel. Their Xeon W5590 3.33GHz Quad-Core Nehalem CPU offers even more performance (4% increase from their current top end line up) for the same power/thermal footprint. Available throughout our entire dual CPU workstation range (WS218 & WSX218) this new clock speed will further increase performance for leading multi-threaded software applications. Available from the 5th August. For further details please feel free to contact our system specialists or to configure a system please visit our product range pages online.
28th July 2009- Derby, UK ATI FirePro V8750 Professional Graphics Card Launch AMD/ATI today announced the launch of their very latest ultra high end professional workstation graphics card. The ATI FirePro V8750. Featuring a whopping 2GB of graphics memory and the world's fastest memory bandwidth for any graphics card!. Also released was the new Crossfire pro technology. this allows the use of multiple professional graphics cards in the same workstation for enhanced 3D graphics power. The ATI FirePro V8750 features many new enhancement. These include a radial new R770 based GPU chipset (similar to that used in their popular Radeon 4870 consumer based graphics cards) and a new low power design (Max load is just 154W). ATI FirePro V8750 Features & Benefits  Ultra high-end 3D workstation graphics solution Powered by scalable parallel processing Unified Shader architecture AutoDetect for optimized application performance PCI Express® 2.0 x16 bus interface 2GB GDDR5 graphics frame buffer memory 2 Display Port Outputs 1 Dual Link DVI-I Output High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit & 16-bit per RGB colour component support Full Shader Model 4.1 support for vertex and pixel Shaders Certification for many CAD and DCC applications Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support and OpenGL 3.0 support
Available throughout our entire WS product range from the 28th July. For further details please feel free to contact our system specialists or to configure a system please visit our product range pages online.
14th June 2009- Derby, UK Autodesk 3D Technology Roadshow - Hosted by bluegfx Birmingham, Warwickshire, Heritage Motor Centre, 25th June 2009
London, Transport Museum, 2nd July 2009
Workstation Specialists would like to invite you to the latest bluegfx 3D technology roadshow. Being held at two UK venues with guest speakers from the Design Visualisation & Games industries. Come and see our award winning 3D Graphics Workstations, along with the latest 3D production tools from Autodesk (3ds Max, Mudbox etc), workstation graphics from ATI/AMD with professional storage solutions from Isilon.
For more info, download the agenda for both days from the following link:
http://www.bluegfx.com/3dtech_agenda.pdf
1st April 2009- Derby, UK Intel Xeon 5500 Series 'Nehalem' Quad-Core Workstation Launch For more Information contact : We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest Quad-Core computer workstations based on the latest Intel® Xeon Nehalem Quad-Core CPU Architecture. The Intel® Xeon 5500 Series are the first Dual Socket CPU to feature the latest Intel Nehalem micro architecture and is the successor to the current Intel Xeon 5400 Series Quad-Core. The Nehalem architecture represents the largest architectural change in the Intel x86 family since the Pentium Pro in 1995. Now available in our WS218 series, this new workstation architecture innovates a host of new technologies. These include: - Intel® Xeon™ 5500 45nm Quad-Core Processor (Code named Nehalem) Brand New Intelligent CPU Socket Design (SKT 1366) Intel® Next Generation X5520 Workstation Motherboard Chipset Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Support (Up to 96GB) Intel® Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) (Replaces older FSB) On-Chip Memory Controller Intel ® Dynamic "Turbo Boost" Technology Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology - SMT Shared 8MB L3 Cache Sophisticated Power Management Features Up to 8GB NVIDIA Quadro Workstation Graphics (via 2x Quadro FX5800 GPU’s) Up to 8TB of Hard Disk Storage 10,000 & 15,000 rpm Hard Disk Drive Options and much more….
This new processor architecture represents significant performance enhancements throughout a range of industry sectors (CAD, CAM, CAE & DCC/VFX). Perfect for the power user that finds their current system limits their productivity. Now available in our latest WS218 Workstation series. For further information please contact us |
