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The IBM IntelliStation POWER 185 workstation has been withdrawn from the market, effective January 2, 2009. The learn more links provide information on the POWER 185.
- Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit MCAD 3D graphics applications
- Quiet operation in a deskside package
- Easy application install
- Designed for software development and software support environments
The new IBM IntelliStation® POWER™ 185 Express workstation combines an affordable and small deskside package with design features for excellent performance and a quiet user experience. Use it for high-end Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), 3D graphic processing and other business and technical applications. With 2D graphics accelerators, it is an excellent workstation for software development and support
With leading-edge IBM PowerPC® 970 processor technology and the AltiVec™, the very affordable 64-bit symmetric multiprocessing IntelliStation POWER 185 Express workstation offers significant price/performance benefits. It is the perfect complement to the IBM IntelliStation POWER 285 Express—offering a choice of performance and price. And running either the AIX 5L™ or Linux® operating system (OS), it’s an easy install!
IntelliStation POWER workstations are the first engineering design workstations supporting 64-bit CATIA V5 for large engineering assemblies. For CATIA MCAD workloads, the POWER 185 Express provides higher performance than its predecessor1 , the IBM IntelliStation POWER 275 1.0 GHz, while generating even less noise. By reducing the entry price, the POWER 185 Express lowers the hurdle to upgrade old, slower MCAD design and analysis workstations.
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Deskside workstation packaging |
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1- or 2-core SMP design |
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64-bit PowerPC technology with AltiVec™ extensions |
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Choice of 2D graphics adapter or 3D graphics accelerators |
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Supported by AIX 5L™ (V5.2 or V5.3) and Linux distributions from Red Hat (RHEL AS 4) and SUSE Linux (SLES 9) |
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Deskside packaging |
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One or two 64-bit 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970 processors |
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1MB L2 cache per processor |
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512MB to 8GB of 333 MHz DDR SDRAM |
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Four PCI-X adapter slots (2—66 MHz (64-bit); 2—133 MHz (64-bit)); One PCI slot (33 MHz (32-bit)) |
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Three SCSI disk bays for up to 0.9TB of internal storage |
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Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal and external) |
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Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller |
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Four USB, two serial ports |
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Two half-high media bays |
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3D graphics choices from GXT4500P and GXT6500P |
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3D graphics input devices—SpaceBall® and SpaceMouse® |
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2D graphics using GXT135P |
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1 Based on SPECcpu2000 benchmark tests as of February 14, 2006 submitted to Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation and to be available at www.spec.org (link resides outside of ibm.com).
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