Lenovo announced the launch of the ThinkStation PX, P7 and P5, delivering a new trio of the most technologically advanced desktop workstations the company has ever built.
These new workstations have been completely redesigned to meet the demands of today’s most demanding, high-computing workloads across sectors. They include the most recent Intel processor technology, with up to 120 cores, and support for top-tier NVIDIA RTX professional GPUs. The new workstations also feature advanced thermals, brand-new chassis designs, and BMC features for streamlined remote system monitoring.
From virtual reality and mixed reality experiences and virtual production to machine learning, data science, computer-aided engineering (CAE), reality capture and AI, these next-generation workstations meet the ever-increasing demands for more power, performance, and speed in a scalable and future-proofed way for this new hybrid-work world.
Rob Herman, vice president of Lenovo’s Workstation and Client AI Business Unit said “These new desktop workstations have been meticulously designed with a customer-centric lens in order to meet desired business outcomes and deliver innovative new solutions that our customers can enjoy well into the future as workloads increase in complexity.”
Herman added “We partnered closely with Intel, NVIDIA and Aston Martin to ensure these new systems offer the best of form and functionality by combining a premium chassis with ultra high-end graphics, memory and processing power.”
Lenovo collaborated with Aston Martin, a leading high-performance automotive manufacturer and ultra-luxury vehicle market leader, to co-create the new ThinkStation chassis for the three workstations. The collaboration aimed to incorporate Lenovo’s iconic red design language and offer maximum performance and customization, in line with Aston Martin’s design philosophy. Lenovo and Aston Martin designers worked together to create the ultimate performance machines, enabling workstation users to improve every stage of their complex workflows. To achieve this, the teams designed a new chassis that is toolless and offers greater flexibility and improved ergonomics.
To achieve maximum performance, Aston Martin’s iconic DBS grand tourer served as the primary inspiration for the chassis’ 3D grill, which applies design principles from the high-performance automotive sector to a desktop workstation. Greater 3D hex ventilation openings and redesigned air baffles ensure maximal hot air exhaust and chilly air intake thanks to Lenovo’s patented tri-channel cooling system. The venerable chassis optimises the performance of CPUs, GPUs, memory, and storage as a result. All three of the new workstations also feature front access drives for simple maintenance and upgrade options, as well as an inventive, modular design.
Cathal Loughnane, director of Aston Martin Partnerships said “The design collaboration of Lenovo’s new ThinkStation chassis has been an amazing three-year journey.”
Loughnane added “As Lenovo workstation customers ourselves this project was a unique opportunity to craft a high-performance system that we will use to design and develop our high-performance vehicles.”
Lenovo’s highest-end, flagship workstation product offering, the Lenovo ThinkStation PX reaches extreme levels of power and performance with support for more cores and expandability than previous generations of Lenovo workstations. Rack-optimized, the ThinkStation PX offers the flexibility needed for both desktop and data centre environments, enabling a seamless transition between the two. This versatile new workstation is powered by the latest 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, which offer up to 120 CPU cores and boasts a 53% average performance gain over the prior generation.
Users can handle the most challenging workflows in modern work environments, including creative finishing and CAE simulation, with support for up to four dual-slot NVIDIA RTX™ 6000 Ada Generation GPUs on the ThinkStation PX. The new desktop workstation offers up to 2TB of DDR5 memory and ultra-fast bandwidth through PCIe Gen 5 lanes, providing flexibility for multi-user virtualization in hybrid workflow environments, whether in the data centre or carpet clusters under the desktop. Additionally, this workstation has an efficient 1850W PSU and the option for redundant power supplies.
The ThinkStation P7 features a breakthrough new compute architecture with the latest Intel® Xeon® W processors, supporting up to 56 cores in a single socket, for reimagined power needed to tackle compute-intensive, multithreaded tasks head-on.
The ThinkStation P7 is also rack-optimized for use in a variety of desktop and data centre environments in a 4U enclosure, surpassing the most demanding performance and reliability challenges of workloads that previously depended on servers or cloud resources. The ThinkStation P7 is perfect for content producers, architects, designers, engineers, and data scientists who require unmatched graphics, visualisation, real-time rendering, CAE, and AI performance because it supports up to three dual-slot NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs. The ThinkStation P7 is capable of handling the most difficult tasks, from complicated video production and rendering workflows to computational fluid dynamics analysis and automotive styling.
Roger Chandler, vice president of CCG and general manager, Creator and Workstation Solution team at Intel said “We are excited to offer the new lineup of Xeon W processors, built on a breakthrough new compute architecture and packaging with significantly more cores to accelerate performance across the fastest growing workloads that businesses depend on today.”
Chandler added “These processors are built to ensure professional innovators, including creators, engineers and data scientists, have the power and stability needed to create the industry’s latest innovations.”
The ThinkStation P5 is a high-performing desktop workstation designed for various industry verticals. It has been re-engineered to meet users’ demands for better performance, IT expandability, and ease of management in the enterprise. The next-generation workstation has a new chassis design, and the latest Intel Xeon W processors, which can have up to 24 cores and can support up to two NVIDIA RTX A6000 professional graphics cards.
Extremely configurable hardware with PCIe Gen 5 capacity and fast DDR5 memory meets the specific requirements of end users. This workstation, which is ideal for engineers, designers, and artists equally, excels at compute-intensive tasks like BIM, complicated 3D CAD, reality capture, geospatial visualisation, visual effects, and edge deployments. It is also excellent at solid modelling.
Bob Pette, vice president of Professional Visualization at NVIDIA said “NVIDIA offers the world’s most powerful visual computing GPUs for desktop workstations.”
Pette added “These are featured in all three of Lenovo’s new ThinkStation desktop systems, equipping data scientists, engineers and creative professionals with the high-performance technology they need to work with massive datasets, innovate faster, and elevate their AI and compute-intensive workflows of tomorrow.”
The ThinkStation PX, P7 and P5 workstations are designed to work within some of the most demanding professionally managed IT workplace environments and provide essential enterprise-grade features and security. Lenovo’s rigorous standards and testing, ThinkStation Diagnostics 2.0, ThinkShield support, upgrades to Premier Support and a three-year warranty, deliver the peace of mind needed to work confidently and more securely.
The three new workstations will be available starting in May 2023.
