HP Unveils Itanium 2 Servers, Workstations

HP Monday raised the curtain on a new portfolio of Intel Itanium 2-based servers and workstations.

The systems, which support HP-UX, Microsoft Windows and Linux environments, are built around the HP Scalable Processor zx1 Chipset,
a modular 3-chip solution which promises high-bandwidth and low-latency.

The new additions to HP’s portfolio include:

• HP Workstation zx2000, an Itanium 2-based 900 MHz uni-processor workstation with 2D and 3D AGP graphics with an estimated U.S.
  street price of $4,500.
• HP Workstation zx6000, available as a uni- or dual-processor 900 MHz or 1 GHz workstation with 2D and 3D AGP graphics at an
  estimated U.S. street price of $6,400.