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2008

Supercomputing When It's Needed - on-demand supercomputing services combined with desktop lets users handle complex CAE data, Ronnie Hoogerwerf of Interactive Supercomputing Inc., Machine Design, Aug 4, 2008

Hey CAD Applications are Single Threaded - Why do Engineers Need a Workstation with 2 Processors and 8 Cores? - using virtual workbench, engineers can 'mega-task' on multicore processors with better productivity and meeting business challenges, Wes Shimanek, UGS Community, Aug 8, 2008 requires free registration

2008 Hardware Roundup Overview - multi-core processors, powerful GPUs, graphics processor changes, global workstations, split screen workstations, more about trends and hot technologies, Inventor Connections, ConnectPress, June 16, 2008

The Highs and Lows of CAD Hardware - changes in CAD hardware over the last 25 years, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, June, 2007

Windows Temp Directory Clean-Up - as large drive gets fragmented, AutoCAD search gets harder, Lloyd Beachy, Cadalyst, June 9, 2008

Killer 3D Performance With AMD Turion X2 Ultra? - super-powered, new generation, single source CPU platform, hybrid graphics support, enhanced HD, many OEM's on board, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, June 4, 2008

Workstation Performance: Tomorrow's Possibilities - CAD users have to find best ways to harness advance hardware technologies like parallel computing and GPUs, Simon Floyd, Cadalyst, May 1, 2008

Fight For Your Hardware Rights - CAD users need large display, high-end graphics adapter, 3D navigation devices, 3D scanners and printers for better performance, Mike Hudspeth, Cadalyst, May 1, 2008

A Change in the Display - a new display technology, Display Port has digital interface and can give resolutions of 2560x1600 while 10-bit support is for access to more colors, Rob Jamieson, MCAD Online, Mar 25, 2008

The Four Stages of Grid Adoption - applying grid computing in steps enables organizations work in clusters and share resources efficiently, Songnian Zhou of Platform Computing, Desktop Engineering, Jan 8, 2008

Build a Mac Pro Equivalent Workstation for 1/3 the Cost - high-end 8-core 2P workstation with 5-drive hot-swap SATA back plane and NVIDIA Quadro NVS290 video card performs better than fastest Mac Pro, George Ou, ZDNet, Jan 3, 2008

2007

Review of 2007 - Windows XP 64-bit got more popular while Windows Vista starts growing with improvement scope, Robert Jamieson of AMD, MCAD Online, Dec 14, 2007

GPU Market Shares - Intel has maximum overall market shares of 38%, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Oct 31, 2007

CAE Moves to the Fore - hardware like multi-core processors can run complex and advanced simulation tasks early in design processes, Beth Stackpole, Design News, Sep 3, 2007

Parallel or Bust - Taking Advantage of Your New PC - multicore processors demand more parallel programming languages for maximum advantage, John Pasquarette, Desktop Engineering, August 2007

The Right Scanner for the Right Application - considering intellectual property issues and calculating ROI before investing in large-format scanner system, Henrik Vestermark, Desktop Engineering, July 31, 2007

Making Good on the Promise of 64 Bits - 64-bit computing can help MCAD applications run successfully on multicore processors, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2007

Keeping Your Data Safe - back up options can be: external hard drive, redundant array of independent drives, online storage, tape backup, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, June 18, 2007

Nvidia on Quadro - Jeff Brown of Nvidia talks about Vista and OpenGL issues plus Quadro Plex system, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, April 19, 2007

The Refresh - tips to rebuild a system after a hard disk failure or damaged operating system, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, April 19, 2007

The Flextop Evolution - Can Your CAD Workstation Really be Portable? - flextop can run CAE applications offsite as well as demonstrates the design cycle, Laura Cooper of NextComputing, Inventor Connections, March 19, 2007 (may require free registration)

The Benchmark - selecting benchmark plus benchmarking graphics, hard disks, and software, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, March 15, 2007

When Do We Adopt New Technology? - strategically upgrading and implementing new software and hardware can save much pain, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, February 13, 2007

Putting the Pieces Together: The 2007 Hardware Roundup - demanding CAD applications make it tough to carry on laptop; cheaper multi-core processors are available to increase performance, John Myers, SolidWorks Community, January 23, 2007 (requires free registration)

2006

Hardware Review of 2006 - dual core processors, HD DVD and BlueRay, PCI-E graphics cards, more, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, December 12, 2006

Software Service for Your Hardware? - tips on cleaning up the memory, temp files, and updating drivers to increase the performance of a workstation, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, November 6, 2006

Workstations: A Retrospective - its been around 20 years since workstations and PCs entered into engineering and CAD world, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, October 10, 2006

Holiday Gift Guide: Make Your Workstation Smile - 3D printers, SpacePilot 3D navigation device, Actius AL3DU notebook computer, Terrain Table and V1 chair are available to ease into 3D modeling, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, October 20, 2006

64 Bit and AutoCAD? - 64 bit hardware with a 64 bit Windows OS will increase the addressable memory for very large files, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, September 28, 2006

The Case for Grid Computing - grid computing enables excellent collaboration and efficient usage of a company's resources to increase return on assets, Michael Schulman of Sun Microsystems, Desktop Engineering, September 2006

How Much Speed Do You Need? - despite vendors' increase in scanning speed, users say speed is not an issue, Henrik Vestermark, Cadalyst, September 22, 2006

How to Justify a Large-Format Scanner, Part 2 - find out the break-even analysis and various production-related parameters to calculate ROI and make an appropriate buying decision, Henrik Vestermark, Cadalyst, August 23, 2006

How to Justify a Large-Format Scanner, Part 1 - considering the applications of wide-format scanners and justifying the investments involved, Henrik Vestermark, Cadalyst, August 22, 2006

Workstations: Keeping It Cool - Dell, HP and Intel try to lower down the heat flow and noise in their workstations while increasing performance, Robert Jamieson of ATI, MCAD Online, August 8, 2006

AMD to Buy ATI for $5.4bn - the merger might mean integration of a CPU and GPU into a unified processor for better performance of high-end 3D graphics, Greg Corke, MCA Online, August 8, 2006

Workstations: Horses for Courses - workstation recommendations for entry, mid-range and high-level CAD/CAM/CAE applications, Robert Jamieson of ATI, MCAD Online, May 8, 2006

Portable Drive Group Test - flash drives offer best portability and durability while hard drives offer highest transfer rates and capacities as portable data storage solutions, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, April 24, 2006

Graphics Hardware List - new list to check the support for 3D display features in AutoCAD 2007, Autodesk, April 2006

The Free Range - after a billion dollars spent in development, Sun Microsystems will make the design of the Ultrasparc T1 microprocessor public, Robert LaMarca, Mechanical Engineering, March 2006

What's Slowing You Down? - anti-spyware software may not always work, Robert Jamieson, AEC Magazine, February 20, 2006

Getting Personal - as a substitute of a cluster workstation, Orion Multisystems presents a personal supercomputer that takes less space and runs on standard power supply, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, January 17, 2006

Workstation Usage in the CAD Sector - use of workstations declines as PCs are increasingly used for CAD, ICT Spaghetti, Autumn 2005 

Technology: HD Ready? - high definition displays can improve 3D quality and performance of CAD applications, Robert Jamieson, MCAD Online, January 16, 2006

The Bleeding Edge - workstation manufacturers are working hard to deliver competitive and high-performance workstations, Kathleen Maher of Jon Peddie Research, Computer Graphics World, January 2006

2005

Laptops: Future Proofed? - myths about laptops and their future as workstations, Stuart Wilkes, AEC Magazine, October 18, 2005

Workstation Technology in 2005 - introduction of PCI Express bus, 64-bit CPUs, dual core processors, and graphics cards are the major changes in workstation technology this year, Robert Jamieson, AEC Magazine, December 1, 2005

Selecting a CAD/CAM System - steps on how to choose a computer for CAD, CAM and CAE, MCADonline, June 14, 2005

Q&A : Hardware Tormentors Stress Reliability -  Pavan Davuluri, Reliability and Component lead at Microsoft hardware talks about the use of computer aided simulations for testing product prototypes, Microsoft Press Pass, March 22, 2005

PC Workstations - Monitors - CRT offers excellent color saturation than LCDs which are designed to run at a certain resolution beyond which they go fuzzy, Robert Jamieson, Cadserver, April 8, 2005

An LCD on Every Desk - popularity of LCDs soars, a primer on selecting a LCD screen, Mark Clarkson, Desktop Engineering, April 1, 2005

Stereoscopic Reality (2) - stereoscopic 3D is very much alive and kicking for both CAD and the movies, Peter Sheerin, CAD Journal, April 4, 2005

Direct Dimensions Breaks Digital Imaging Ground - Maryland company specializing in the on-site application of portable coordinate measurement machines (PCMMs), digitizers, and laser scanners, Lynda Rutledge, CATIA Community, April 4, 2005 (may require free registration)

Stereoscopic Reality - despite the benefits of stereoscopic visualization in the CAD market, companies are increasingly veering towards the entertainment market, Peter Sheerin, Cad Journal, March 23, 2005

PC Workstations - Optical Drives - making the best use CDs and DVDs for CAD use, Robert Jamieson, Cadserver, March 9, 2005

COE Session Preview: Intel's Tom Gibbs on the Convergence of Computing and Communications Technologies - preview of the upcoming COE session on the convergence of computing and communications and its impact on product design and manufacturing, CATIA Community, February 22, 2005 (requires free registration)

Direct Dimensions Breaks New Digital Imaging Ground - explores the current state of laser scanning and reverse engineering and the role of 3D imaging service providers, Lynda Rutledge, Inventor Connections, February 14, 2005 (requires free registration)

Dell to Offer Intel Dual-Core Technology - Dell's announcement could mean major opportunities to the engineering software market, especially those computationally intensive applications such as advanced simulation and analysis, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly, February 14, 2005

Apple's 'Xstation' - Market, Uses, Technology and Details - in the CAD and 3D multimedia fields, the Mac OS X platform has been booming in specific sectors, namely architecture and 3D modeling and rendering, Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh, February 11, 2005

One Cool Machine - SGI devised a way to use air cooling to keep their new supercomputer from overheating, Paul E. Teague, Design News, February 7, 2005

A Take on the Workstation Market Today - an overview of the workstation market, the current models, what they are used for and some thoughts about their future, Anton Klotz, OSNews.com, January 20, 2005

The Power of Two - to help deal with the huge amounts of processing power that CAD/CAM and other high-end applications require, manufacturers are turning to dual core technology to boost performance levels, Srikanth R P, Express Computer, January 14, 2005

PC Workstations: Memory Pt 2 - some of the practical considerations of buying and using RAM in a workstation, Robert Jamieson, CADserver, January 11, 2005

2004

PC Workstations - Graphics Pt.2 - latest installment of his series of articles which look at the components of a PC workstation, Robert Jamieson, CADserver, November 1, 2004

PC Workstation CPUs - first in a series of articles on workstation components, Robert Jamieson, CADserver, November 1, 2004

PC Workstations - Motherboards - second in a series of articles on workstation components, Robert Jamieson, Cadserver, November 1, 2004

PC Workstations - Graphics Pt.1 - latest installment of his series of articles which look at the components of a PC workstation, Robert Jamieson, CADserver, November 1, 2004

Linux Cluster Goes Orbital - engineers at Orbital Sciences turned to a Linux-based cluster computing system to deal with the high-powered demands of computational fluid dynamics applications, Tina Gasperson, NewsForge, September 9, 2004

Waiting For More Smart Software - Tablet PCs might reach their true potential if there were more CAD-related software, such as Alias' SketchBook Pro and Autodesk's AutoSketch, developed for the hardware, Business Week Online, September 27, 2004

Digitize and Scan - Designs Get New Life - an overview of the technology of digitizers and scanners for CAD and advice on making a purchase, Susan Parran, Desktop Engineering, August, 2004

New Innovations in Graphics Cards: An Interview with Jeff Little of 3Dlabs - a discussion of the latest developments in graphics cards, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, August 3, 2004 (requires free registration)

Graphics Card Selection Importance Reminder - when selecting a new computer for CAD, choosing the right graphics card is very important, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, August 20, 2004

Getting the Most for Your Money: What Hardware Specs You Should Consider - recommendations for specs for CAD workstations, Phil Harrison, Inventor Connections, July 2, 2004 (requires free registration)

Sponge Mouse May Revolutionize Point-Click - an Iowa State University engineer has invented a mouse made of a flexible material similar to the composition of stress-relief squeeze balls to help avoid repetitive-stress injuries, Mike Martin, NewsFactor Innovation, June 25, 2004

Intel's 3D Divorce Rate - developers of Web-based 3D rendering technology, known as X3D, are gearing up for a standards war with Intel, Paul Festa, CNET News.com, June 21 2004

64-Bit Battle Rages: Who Will Win the Duel? - Intel’s new Xeon technology extends the processor’s capabilities, challenging AMD Opteron’s 64-bit chip, Mark Devlin, Desktop Engineering, June 2004

Michael Raphael: Digitizing for Posterity - a Maryland engineer has been using lasers to create digital records of historic landmarks and objects, such as the Lincoln Memorial and propellers from the Wright Brothers' airplane, Barnaby Wickham, Progressive Engineer

How to Choose a Graphics Card for CAD - advice on choosing the right graphics card for your 2D and 3D CAD needs, John McIver, Multi-CAD, June 2004

Let the Computer Do It! - second-generation computer tools, such as outliners, mindmappers, fast finders and blogs, can be useful for the engineer, Joel Orr, Machine Design, May 20, 2004

New Mouse, Less Pain - CAD users and others who are heavily computer-dependent may be happy to hear that a new kind of mouse promises to end the threat of carpal tunnel problems, e4engineering, May 4, 2004

Desktop Workstation Handles Largest Pro/E Model - engineers in South Africa use 64-bit workstations running Intel Itanium 2 processors to model, spin and simulate operations of a 500,000-part fully automated parking garage, Paul Dvorak, Machine Design, March 18, 2004

Find Your Way to the Right Digitizer - tips from vendors and service bureaus on how to choose the best 3D digitizing hardware for your needs, Pamela J. Waterman, DE Online, March 2004

Mobile Computing Comes Handy For Design Community - using mobile devices, surveyors, architects and designers working in the field can dispense with cumbersome paper maps and drawings to access and adjust the design document at the location, Indranil Chakraborty, Financial Express, March 3, 2004

Inkjet Goes 3D - researchers have developed a printer that makes three-dimensional forms without the use of a laser, offering a cheaper alternative for many in the rapid prototyping and manufacturing industry, TRN, January 28, 2004

Industrial Machinery CAD Checklist - offers advice to help engineers and managers make informed, rational decisions when buying CAD systems for designing industrial equipment, CADCAMNet, January 9, 2004

More 'Power' for the Parking Project - engineers designing a large parking garage beefed up their computing power to a 64-bit workstation to deal with a huge CAD model with 500,000 components, Design News, January 6, 2004 (may require free registration)

2003

3-D Printer Makes Models Using Inkjet Technology - device, unique in western Canada, pricey, time-consuming, Michael McCullough, Vancouver Sun, December 4, 2003

No More Waiting! - advice on selecting the best defragmentation tools for a desktop engineering environment, Robert Nolan, Desktop Engineering, October 2003

64-bit Processor Is Ready, Are We? - although 64-bit processors offer the promise of faster computing, it requires software specifically written for the architecture to take advantage of the potential, O.P. Gupta and Kiran, The Tribune India, November 3, 2003

Region's Scan-Do Scenario - the UK's Kestrel 3D claims to possess the only scanners worldwide that can register color and position/dimension at the same time, resulting in an extremely high-quality digital models, ic Birmingham, October 28, 2003

Swimming With Tadpoles - Mark Johnson is betting that his company's new Sun-based laptops - which can process huge 4-gigabyte data files with their 64-bit, 500-megahertz microprocessors - will succeed despite a crowded market, Victoria Murphy, Forbes.com, July 21, 2003

Multiple Monitor Computing Demonstrates Tangible Benefits for Corporate Workforce - a new study by NEC-Mitsubishi finds that users with multi-screen configurations work faster and get more work done with fewer errors editing documents, spreadsheets and graphic files in comparison with single-screen users, NEC-Mitsubishi, October 6, 2003

Taking to the Tablets - the tablet PC played an important part in VX Racing's success this season in the British Touring Car Championship, Charles Clarke, e4engineering, October 13, 2003

Analysts See Little Need for 64-bit Windows XP - industry analysts believe that Microsoft's beta release of a native 64-bit version of Windows XP will mean little to the average IT manager unless end users are running complex engineering or scientific applications, Sharon Gaudin, Earthweb, September 24, 2003

Faster [And] Faster Go the Workstations - a look at the latest trends affecting CAD/CAM productivity: mobile computing, high-end 32-bit computing and Intel 64-bit Itanium architecture, Larry Gould, Automotive Design and Production, July 2003

Ethereal Images Spotted at the Science Center - Ethereal Technologies'  VIS4D Workstation can take images - including CAD drawings - and project them in three dimensions, CNET, February 6, 2003

Building a High-End Workstation - how to build a high-end workstation and how it differs from a gaming system, Alan Dang, FiringSquad.com, February 3, 2003

Turning Tablet PCs into Wireless UNIX Workstations - StarNet Communications'  X-Win32 software enables Tablet PC to access individual X applications or bring up a full UNIX or Linux desktop from one or more networked servers, Michael Singer, siliconvalley.internet.com, January 30, 2003

December 2002

The Big Picture - an overview of large-format scanning, with tips on what kind of equipment to buy and how to produce great scans, Lisa A. Desautels, e-doc, November/December 2002

How to Select a Tablet PC - offers advice on what to look for when considering a Tablet PC and provides links to reviews of 5 Tablet PCs, Geoff Walker, Pen Computing Magazine, December 2002

Laser Scanner Speeds Surface Modeling at DaimlerChrysler - using a laser scanner to provide a highly dense, highly accurate point cloud to construct the digital surfaces of car bodies, interiors and clay prototypes is speeding up the design process at DaimlerChrysler, CADdigest.com, December 13, 2002

Can the Tablet Rewrite PC History? - discusses consumers' responses to Microsoft's new technology, Financial Times Limited, December 2, 2002 (may require free registration)

November 2002

Fall Comdex 2002: It Is Over, But Is It Over? - a wrap up of this year's gathering and a summary of the best new technology unveiled, including the Gyration Ultra Mouse Professional, David Stellmack, Tom's Hardware Guide, November 23, 2002

Fall Comdex 2002 - Day 3: Monitoring Display Development - offers a look at new monitors and flat panel displays, including the widescreen 16x9 aspect ratio panels from Samsung and NEC/Mitsubishi, David Stellmack, Tom's Hardware Guide, November 21, 2002 

Fall Comdex 2002 - Day 2: Racing Into New Products - an in-depth look at NVIDIA's new GeForceFX card and reports on other new technologies unveiled at the annual gathering, David Stellmack and Lars Weinand, Tom's Hardware Guide, November 20, 2002 

Fall Comdex 2002 - Day 1 - the big news at the opening of the annual conference was NVIDIA launching its next-generation card the GeforceFX, David Stellmack, Tom's Hardware Guide, November 19, 2002

Pen-Based Programs Debut With Tablet PC - software developers are announcing applications designed specifically for the Tablet PC, which makes its debut this week, Matt Berger, PCWorld.com, November 7, 2002

Microsoft Unveils More than a Product at Tablet PC Launch - Microsoft's new Tablet PC features Microsoft Ink, a technology that allows users to incorporate handwritten notes as a data type in the operating system, Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld, November 7, 2002

Notebooks Screens to Grow - wider LCD screens with higher resolution are upcoming from such companies as Samsung, Hitachi and Sharp, Kuriko Miyake, PC Advisor, November 2002

September 2002

Mapping Miss Liberty - to help preservationists better maintain the Statue of Liberty, a team from Texas Tech scanned the monument with the Cyra 2500 3D laser scanner and generated 3D models with Geomagic Raindrop software, Geospatial Solutions, September 2002

August 2002

Talking Heads - The Future of Input Devices - experts from 3D Connexions and SGI/Alias|Wavefront discuss what's coming next in the realm of input devices, CADserver, August 2002

July 2002

New Graphics Cards Coming to Mac Users  - Architosh, July 26, 2002

June 2002

Is This Man the New Bill Gates? - Michael Robertson's new company Lindows gets a big boost this week with the announcement that Wal-Mart stores in the US are now stocking PCs running his Lindows operating system, starting at the outrageously low price of $299, Dave Wilson, e4, June 26, 2002

March 2002

Market Intelligence on Large Format Copiers/Scanners - the results of a survey of 19,000 CAD-user sites to determine the usage of large format devices, CAD Spaghetti, March 2002

The Workstation You Deserve - also covers the coolest hardware including fingerprint scanners, videoconferencing and the Space Mouse, Peter Sheerin, CADENCE, Feb 2002

A Scan in Time - 3D scanning systems allow quick capture of 3D geometry, even something as complex as the human body, C3, March 2002

February 2002

Dimension Technologies' 3D Monitor - stereoscopic viewing on a flat panel display but you'll pay $$6,999 for the 18" version, Joe Greco, CGW, Jan 2002

January 2002

Winning the Game of Microprocessor Design: Intel vs. AMD - evolution of the bit in microprocessing has come a long way, Mark Devlin, Desktop Engineering, Jan 2002

SolidWorks 2001 Benchmark Update - a summary of a review of computers from Dell (Precision M40, Precision 340) and IBM (2GHz Pentium 4), Solid Solutions, Jan/Feb 2002

Who Makes Your Workstation? - Dell and Compaq lead all manufacturers in CAD/CAM market penetration, Jan 2002

Feel the Texture of Virtual Clay - a look at SensAble's FreeForm modeling system, Design News, Jan 7, 2002 (more input devices reviews)

Matrox G-550 Graphics Card - Review - will support dual monitors, John McIver, CADinfo.NET, Jan 2002

December 2001

Gizmos, Gadgets and Goodies for Every Good Geek - cutting edge gifts for your home and office, Randall S. Newton, MSM Online, Dec 2001

HP calculator's Days Numbered? - Karen Auguston Field, Design News, December 17, 2001

November 2001

The Lost Art of 2D Graphics - today's 3D benchmarks for graphics cards seem to forget that many of us don't use our PCs for games, Vince Freeman, HardwareCentral, Nov 29, 2001

Wide-Format Multifunction B/W Plotter-Scanner Combos - print, copy, and scan using monochrome systems from KIP, Océ, and Xerox, Peter Sheerin, CADENCE, Nov 2001

October 2001

Freeform Expression - Bringing Sketching Into the Digital Age - a die-hard freehand draftsman tries out Nemetschek AG's digital input pad - and becomes converted, CADserver, Oct 31, 2001

Build Your Own Supercomputer - tie a cluster of ordinary PCs with some Ethernet cable, install a Linux OS and make a system that is one of the 500 fastest computers in the world, Matthew Broersma, ZDNet News, Oct 4, 2001

September 2001

Stop the Megahertz Race - does a human exist who can feel the difference between a 1.8 GHz machine and a 2 GHz machine? And yet there are hundreds of dollars riding on the difference. Guest editorial by Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Associates, Sep 7, 2001

August 2001

SGI Octane2 - the Real Visual Workstation - UNIX-based workstations still shine in many areas, Greg Corke, CADserver, Aug 2001. 

The Computer Industry Is In a Tailspin -- and It's Your Fault - editorial by Kathleen Maher, JPA, Aug 27, 2001

The TriStar PowerStation AX - a fast workstation from a company that has long dedicated itself to CAD/CAM/CAE users, James Hansen, Desktop Engineering, Aug 2001 ATI Launches Counterstrike in Graphics Chip Battle - offers high-end competitor to Nvidia, Jay Lyman, TechExtreme, Aug 21, 2001

Point of Work CAD Tools - handheld computing can connect field work with office work, Jerry Laiserin, CADENCE, August 2001

June 2001

Backup Made Easy - one scheme to back up data files, Geoff Harrod, CADinfo.NET, June 2001

3D Force Feedback CAD Hardware - Peter Sheerin explores the cutting edge in 3D modeling input devices, CADENCE, June 2001

SolidWorks 2001 Benchmark - MaxVision AMD-based workstation beats Compaq, IBM, HP, others in SolidWorks benchmark, SOLID Solutions, June 2001

Part to Art - enhanced visualization capabilities allow CAD models to be used in marketing efforts, Jenny Donelan, CGW, June 2001 Seeing is Believing - as displays technology is displacing old CRTs, there's still a tradeoff between price, performance, mobility and capability, Lawrence Grayson, e4, June 2001

CATbench 2001: CATIA Solutions Magazine's 2001 CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - Compaq, Dell, HP get top scores in workstation performance, May/June 2001, CATIA Solutions

May 2001

Hand Crafted - SensAble's free from design tool adds sense of touch so designers can feel what they are making, c3mag.com, May, 2001

Wildfire - Dell's Workstation Masterpiece - blistering 3D performance, Greg Corke, CADserver, May 2001 

April 2001

Best Lightscape Performers - results of workstation/graphics test, CGW April 2001

Updating New Workstations on SolidWorks 2000 - Gregory E. Jankowski, Solid Solutions, March/April 2001

January 2001

Scanning Optics Give Linear Encoder Submicron Accuracy - MachineDesign.com, January 11, 2001

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