HP unveils 5th generation Z Workstations with Xeon W Sapphire Rapids CPUs

hp is among the first companies to support Intel’s new Intel Xeon W-3400 and W-2400 CPUs with Fifth Generation Z Workstation (G5). The models HP Z4, Z6, Z8 and Z8 Fury aim to meet the needs of professionals looking for systems that are not only powerful, but well balanced and able to operate silently and for extended periods of time.

HP Z4 G5 features CPUs up to 24 Xeon W-2400 cores (up to Xeon W7-2495X), two high-end GPUs (e.g. NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB or Radeon Pro W6800 32GB), up to 12TB HDD (or up to 2TB SSD), and up to 512GB DDR5 memory across 8 DIMM slots . Model HP Z6 G5 instead integrates Xeon W-3400 CPU up to 36 cores (Xeon W9-3475X), three high-end GPUs NVIDIA or AMD, the same storage as the Z4 model and up to 1TB of DDR5 memory.

HP Z8 G5 is the top-of-the-range workstation: it can integrate CPU up to 56 cores (Xeon W9-3495X) and allows you to install up to four dual-slot video cards from NVIDIA and AMD and up to 2TB of DDR5 memory. Model Z8 G5 Furyon the other hand, features two fourth generation Xeon Scalable processors, therefore it is a dual-socket workstation: two processors with up to 32 cores (Xeon Gold 6448Y) can be installed for a total of 64 calculation units, together with two high-end video cards high and 1TB of DDR5 memory across 16 DIMM slots.

Along with the new workstations, HP presented HP Anyware Remote System Controllera hardware / software system that gives IT administrators the ability to initiate a session kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and perform management tasks out of band such as pre-boot access, BIOS updates, and reinstalling images from anywhere.

Through a single interface, IT administrators can manage a fleet of devices, access system information such as model numbers and BIOS versions, receive reports and develop insights to optimize their infrastructure and resolve problems before they impact users. users.

HP Z4, Z6, Z8, Z8 Fury G5 are available for pre-order in the US today on HP.comwhile the HP Anyware Remote System Controller will arrive in the spring at a price to be announced later.