Dell launches high performance workstations in India

Bangalore, June 17, 2009 – Dell today unveiled Dell Precision T7500, T5500 and T3500 tower workstations. One of the first workstation lines to ship with Intel Xeon 5500 “Nehalem,” the Dell Precision T5500 and T7500 deliver up to 90 percent better multi-threaded digital content creation application performance versus previous generation systems.

The new systems are purpose-engineered for professionals in engineering, media, entertainment, biosciences, exploration, economic modelling and risk analysis. Designed for performance, reliability and scalability, the three new Dell Precision tower systems are certified by 35 leading independent software vendors for compatibility of 90 applications in areas such as mechanical computer aided design, architecture, engineering, construction, digital content creation, biosciences, financial services and oil and gas.

Catia application performance with Intel Nehelam powered Dell precision workstations are found to be up to 82% better. Also up to 350 percent more memory bandwidth was achieved on the Dell Precision T7500 and the T5500 with dual processors using the SiSoft Sandra 2009 Bandwidth benchmark test.Configurations of the Dell Precision workstations are Energy Star 5.0 compliant, featuring 85 percent efficient power supplies to help reduce energy consumption.

“With the new Dell Precision workstations, we’re taking a revolutionary step forward in performance, enabling professionals do more than ever with the ISV applications they need for business-critical tasks,” said Jim Rhee, Head of Marketing, Large Enterprise, Dell APJ. “By combining industry-leading ISV certifications, energy efficiency, configurability and services we can better help workstation customers lower ownership costs and maximize uptime.”

“Dell’s new Precision workstation solutions are setting a standard for all vendors in India and globally”, said Milind Yedkar, Head -Large Enterprise, Relationship Marketing, Dell India. “Dell is taking the cluster approach, offering complete solutions and understanding what is really important to large enterprise – groundbreaking performance for high computing applications, in a dependable system. “

Dell Precision T7500 – currently the most powerful Dell workstation offers with outstanding performance and scalability, up to two quad-core processors, up to 192GB of three- channel DDR3 ECC memory up to 1066 or 1333MHz3, dual native Gen 2 PCIe x16 graphics slots with up to 450 watts (two 225W or single 300W) and supports NVIDIA SLI technology without a riser. With more than 1 billion configuration options, the system starts at $1,800 (USD).

Dell Precision T5500 –The T5500 offers dual socket Intel Xeon performance in a small footprint system with memory capacity of up to 72GB3 and graphics slots that scale up to 300 watts (two 150W or single 225W), starts at $1,620 (USD).

Dell Precision T3500 – Offering a balance of performance, scalability and affordability, the T3500 features up to 24GB DDR3 ECC memory3 and an integrated memory controller, resulting in low latency and excellent application performance. It starts at $999 (USD).