Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Just the Facts Sun Confidential
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Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Just the Facts Sun Confidential Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Just the Facts SunWIN # 477754 Author: Brian Huynh (Product Manager: Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation) Reviewers: Kawa Chu (Engineering Lead: Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation ) Seth Kaplan (Technical Writer: Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation) Matthew Koehler (Director of Engineering: Global Design Group) Jonathan France (Technical Marketing Engineer: Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation) Tom Morton (Product Technical Support Engineer: Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation) Version August 11, 2006: This version supercedes all previous versions. Please send all corrections to [email protected] © 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA All rights reserved. Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation - Just the Facts Sun Confidential Table of Contents - Sun Ultra 20 M2 Workstation Just the Facts Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Target Workloads.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Software Development........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Electronic Design Automation (EDA).....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD)........................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Features....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Value Propositions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Develop Software in Less Time............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Accelerate Design Cycles.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Visualze the More Data Sets Simultaneously......................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Deploy With Confidence....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 System Architecture.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 The AMD Opteron 1200-series Processor............................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 The NVIDIA nForce Professional 3400 Chipset.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Expansion Slots.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Memory...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Expansion Bays.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Hard Disk Drives...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Optical Disk Drives............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Connectivity.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Graphics Accelerators...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 Graphics Accelerator .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Graphics Accelerator .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................23 NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 Graphics Accelerator .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 NVIDIA Quadro NVS285 Graphics Accelerator......................................................................................................................................................................................................................25 ATI ES1000 Graphics Controller .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Displays...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Operating Systems Compatibility...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Availability & Ordering .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Factory Lead Time (FLT).....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Assemble to Order (ATO)...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Standard Configurations ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 X-Options .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30