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WHITE PAPER (cont.) § Integrated 256-KB level two cache per processor (supports up to two processors) § Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 or Windows 2000 § 40X Max CD-ROM § Integrated Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NIC § 5 slot/5 bay convertible minitower § Integrated 16-bit PremierSound™ featuring AC '97audio Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 (power users and large assembly usage) and Pro/MECHANICA 2000i2 Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 can also be used for large assemblies or complex parts which take up large amounts of virtual memo ry and Pro/MECHANICA 2000i2 is used for complex analysis. The recommended configuration for these users is the Compaq Professional Workstation SP750. The SP750's dual architecture provides the best Intel solution for large file sizes, complex analysis or multiple sessions of Pro/MECHANICA. The suggested configuration includes: § 866 MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon processor (Shortly to be 1 GHz) § 2 processor capability (recommended for the next release of Pro/MECHANICA) § 512MB - 4GB ECC RDRAM (1Gbyte+ is recommended) § 18GB Wide Ultra III SCSI 10,000 rpm hard drive § Intense3D wildcat 4210 PRO graphics controller § AGP 4x for faster 3D graphics performance for large files. § Full-featured Intel® 840 chipset with 133-MHz front side bus § integrated 256-KB level two cache per processor (supports up to two processors) § Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 § 40X Max CD-ROM § integrated Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NIC § 7 slot/7 bay rack-mountable minitower § integrated 16-bit PremierSound™ featuring AC '97 audio Largest Pro/ENGINEER and CADDS 5i2 assemblies and most complex Pro/MECHANICA analyses CADDS 5i2 is often used for the largest and most complex assemblies. The recommended configuration for CADDS 5i2 is the Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 with Tru64 UNIX. The XP1000 provides the performance needed for large computations. For customers who want an Intel-based solution we recommend the previous AP550 configuration. Pro/ENGINEER Large Assemblies: The XP1000 configuration is also recommended for ultra large Pro/ENGINEER files, or complex analysis with Pro/MECHANICA. Large files in Pro/ENGINEER are usually much larger when brought into main memory from the disk, as they pull in other linked parts and data libraries. Up to 2 Gbytes will fit into memory on a Windows NT Client system, but our Alpha 64-bit architecture can access much larger files (up to 8 terabytes) and still treat it as a single file. The XP1000 has the fastest CPU performance in the ProE Bench99 benchmarks, and is also the world's fastest workstation with a SPECint95 rating of 37.5 and a SPECfp95 rating of 65.5. Alpha's world record floating point performance delivers the ultimate in Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/MECHANICA Performance. The suggested configuration includes: § Tru64® UNIX™ 4.0E § 667 MHz Alpha 21264 (EV6) processor 14