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Agenda

• Base Education

• The basics…How a system works

• The importance of certification

• Selecting the right processors

• Understanding graphics, knowing what to choose

• Memory and getting the most out of your choice

• Disk drives, SSD, Combo Drives etc.

• Recommended configurations

• Benchmarks – included above

• If we have time - Solutions

• Sketching

• Remote access

• Network Bandwidth

@ThinkStations #SEU14


The Basics of How a System Works

Workstation Components Digital Components

C600 Series

Chip Set

SAS

SATA

6Gb/s

USB 3

PCIe 3.0

LA N

x 4

Second

Processor

connection

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600/4600

product family Microarchitecture

Graphics Card

GPU + memory

Display & 3D manipulation



Windows Operating System

The Basics of How a System Works

Workstation Components Software Components

CAD Application

Kernel Display/UI

UEFI = Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface

System Hardware

System

Drivers 101110001111000011100010101010001

Basic Input Output System

Graphics

Graphics

Driver

Open GL or

Direct X

Unique



Certification Combinations

ThinkStation D30

ThinkStation S30

ThinkStation E31

ThinkStation C30

Nvidia Quadro K2000

Nvidia Quadro K600

Nvidia Quadro K4000

Nvidia Quadro K5000

Nvidia Tesla



Certification Combinations

5 ThinkStations x 5 Graphics cards x 3 OS x 2(32bit/64Bit) = 150 combinations

X Applications

&

Versions

X Graphic Drivers X



Certified Hardware – Siemens Page http://support.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com/certification/index.shtml



Processor Trends

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

1998 1999 2002 2005 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013

Hi –K Metal Gate Process

Trends

• Approaching size limits

• Adding Cores & New features

• Technologies – Turbo Boost

Nano

mete

rs

22 nm

3D transistors

1.4 B transistors

Improved Graphics



Processor Trends

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1998 1999 2002 2005 2006 2008 2010 2012

Cores compared to Nanometer trend

Sandy Bridge Ivy Bridge/Haswell

Haswell



Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture

New

Micro-architecture

Merom

65nm

TOCK

Penryn

New

Process

Technology

45nm

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Nehalem

New

Micro-architecture

Nehalem

45nm

TOCK

Westmere

32nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Sandy Bridge

Sandy

Bridge

32nm

New

Micro-architecture

TOCK

Ivy

Bridge

22nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Haswell

Haswell

22nm

New

Micro-architecture

TOCK

Future

14nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Sustained Microprocessor Leadership

The Intel Tick-Tock Development Model:

S30, C30, D30



Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture

New

Micro-architecture

Merom

65nm

TOCK

Penryn

New

Process

Technology

45nm

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Nehalem

New

Micro-architecture

Nehalem

45nm

TOCK

Westmere

32nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Sandy Bridge

Sandy

Bridge

32nm

New

Micro-architecture

TOCK

Ivy

Bridge

22nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Intel® Microarchitecture Codename Haswell

Haswell

22nm

New

Micro-architecture

TOCK

Future

14nm

New

Process

Technology

TICK

Sustained Microprocessor Leadership

The Intel Tick-Tock Development Model:

E32


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Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family Preliminary SKU performance Ivy Bridge

8C 130W 2.7 GHz

8C 115W 2.6 GHz

8C 95W 2.2 GHz

8C 95W 2.0 GHz

6C 95W 2.5 GHz

6C 95W 2.3 GHz

6C 95W 2.0 GHz

4C 80W 2.4 GHz

4C 80W 1.8 GHz

8C 135W 2.9 GHz

8C 115W 2.4 GHz

E5-2620

E5-2609

E5-2670

E5-2640

E5-2650

E5-2603

E5-2630

E5-2690

E5-2680

E5-2660

E5-2665

Sandy Bridge

906

855

829

792

743

693

630

495

471

396

240

169

681

640

622

592

575

524

447

420

382

218

169

All SKUs, pricing, frequencies and features are PRELIMINARY and can change without notice

Relative performance. Source: Engineering estimates as of Jan’ 2013.`

SPECint*_rate _base2006 Estimates 12C 130W

2.7GHz 30M E5-2697 v2

12C 115W 2.4GHz 30M E5-2695 v2

4C 80W 2.5GHz E5-2609 v2

4C 80W 1.8GHz E5-2603

10C 115W 2.5GHz E5-2670 v2

10C 130W 3.0GHz E5-2690 v2

10C 115W 2.8GHz E5-2680 v2

8C 95W 2.6GHz E5-2650 v2

10C 95W 2.2GHz E5-2660 v2

6C 80W 2.1GHz E5-2620 v2

8C 95W 2.0GHz E5-2640 v2

6C 80W 2.6GHz E5-2630 v2

22%

24%

19%

21%

20%

11%

12%

4%

10%

33%

26%

Measurements from C1 in red

Projections from B2 in black


Basic Processor Choices

CAD Applications

Single Processor - GHz First

CAE/Simulation/Rendering

Dual Processors - Cores First



SINGLE PROCESSOR

THINKSTATIONS IN THE ENGINEERING MARKET

E Series

Entry level 3D and 2D CAD, good

price/performance

DUAL PROCESSOR

PRICE/PERFORMANCE LEADER

S Series

Main Stream CAD, Performance 3D, larger models and assemblies,

MAINSTREAM VALUE

WORKSTATION

C Series

3D visualization , rendering & analysis.

WORLD’S SMALLEST

DUAL PROCESSOR

D Series

High-end simulation, analysis & rendering,, high end visualization

and animation

NO COMPROMISE

DUAL SOCKET


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Processor Info Xeon E5 - Ivy Bridge Processors

• ARK Home

• Key Info

– Launch Date

– Lithography 22 nm

– Clock Speed

– # of Cores

– Price

– Turbo Boost

– Hyper-Threading

– # of Memory Channels



Key Intel Processor Specs Dual Processor

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-processor-5000-sequence.html

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2687WV2

(25M Cache, 3.40 GHz)

Price $2108 150 Watts

Check

1. Number of cores 8

2. Maximum Turbo Speed 4.0 GHz

3. Launch date Q3 13

4. ECC Memory supported Yes

5. Max CPU Configurations 2

6. Intel Turbo Boost 2.0

7. Intel Hyper-Threading Yes

8. Intel Vpro Yes



Mobile Processors - Haswell Processors

Look for the M

4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4930MX (Up to 3.0GHz, 8MB L3, 1600MHz FSB)

4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4900MQ (Up to 2.8GHz, 8MB L3, 1600MHz FSB)



4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-4330M (Up to 2.8GHz, 3MB L3, 1600MHz FSB)

4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-4600M (Up to 2.4GHz, 6MB L3, 1600MHz FSB)

4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-4300M (Up to 2.7GHz, 3MB L3, 1600MHz FSB



Desktop Processors Xeon E3 with Graphics Haswell Processors



Key Intel Processor Specs – Single Processor

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-processor-5000-sequence.html

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1280 v3

(8M Cache, 3.60 GHz,)

Price: $612 130W

Check

1. Number of cores 4

2. Maximum Turbo Speed 4.0 GHz

3. Launch date Q2 13

4. ECC Memory Supported Yes

5. Max CPU Configurations 1

6. Intel Turbo Boost 2.0

7. Intel Hyper-Threading Yes

8. Intel Vpro Yes



Better Cooling Allows Longer Turbo Boost

Thermal Design Power (limit) GHz

Rating

Turbo Boost Speed

Processor heat up

Turbo Boost allows faster than

rated performance

ThinkStation Thermo Design

gives you the best

Turbo Boost performance



NO ONE DOES RELIABILITY LIKE WE DO

Multi-Channel Cooling

+

Large Diameter Fans

=

More Effective Cooling



Hyper-Threading vs. Cores



Workstation to PC Compare

E32 ThinkStation WS vs. PC Certified for SolidWorks Not Certified

Xeon E3-1275v3 3.5 GHz Intel i5-4670 3.4 GHz

Turbo + Hyper-Threading* Turbo only

Intel Graphics HD P4600 Intel Graphics HD 4600

Windows 7 64 Bit Windows 7 64 Bit

7200 RPM SATA Drive 7200 RPM SATA Drive

Faster, Certified, ECC

memory, 3D excellence,

Rendering Power

* Hyper-Threading speeds up rendering



PC vs Workstation Benchmark Video



Cadalyst Comparisons Old vs. New

0.8

0.9

1

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

S20 S30 S30V2

Total

3D

2D

Disk

CPU

CADALYST Results

+20%

+32%

+38% +42%

+16%

+23%

S20 ThinkStation S30 ThinkStation S30v2 ThinkStation

Xeon W3565 3.2 GHz E5-1620 3.6 GHz E5 – 1620 V2 3.7 GHz

4 GB Memory 4 GB Memory 4 GB Memory

Nvidia Q2000 Nvidia Q2000 Nvidia K2000

Window 64 Bit Window 64 Bit Window 64 Bit

Disk Drive 7200 RPM Disk Drive 7200 RPM Disk Drive 7200 RPM

Faster Overall

Performance

up to 32%



Benchmark Video S30 (new) vs. S20 (2 years old)



Graphics



Graphic Card Considerations

Processor Memory

101110001111000011100010101010001

Driver



Graphic Card Sizing is Usage Dependant

Things that affect the sizing

1) 3D Model size- number of surfaces

2) Number of pixels/monitor size/screen resolution

3) Need for movement

4) Ray tracking/lighting affect

Need Certified Drivers


Upgrade Graphics with SolidWorks 2014 And Multiply the Productivity Improvement

Large Assemblies (over 1,000 components)

Performance & memory to handle complex Solid Edge designs

Good balance of smooth model interactivity performance, incredible image quality/realism & price

Small-Medium Assemblies (< 1,000 components)

Performance to handle most assemblies

Balance of Smooth performance, image quality, good performance and price

Quadro K4000 (3GB GDDR5)

Quadro K2000 (2GB GDDR5)


0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75

Quadro 2000

Quadro K2000

Quadro K4000

SW 2014 vs SW 2013 Small Assembly Design

QUADRO SMALL ASSEMBLY DESIGN SPEEDUP WITH QUADRO KEPLER SERIES

Faster navigation

Better image quality with Shadows and FSAA

Recommended Card


QUADRO SMALL ASSEMBLY DESIGN - EXAMPLES WITH QUADRO KEPLER SERIES

0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2

Quadro K600

Quadro K2000

Quadro K4000

SW 2014 - Small Assembly Design (Kepler) 2X faster

2X faster

5X faster


QUADRO LARGE ASSEMBLY DESIGN SPEEDUP WITH QUADRO KEPLER SERIES

Design & review in full complexity. No need for LOD

~3x Faster

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Quadro 2000

Quadro 4000

Quadro K4000 Recommended Card


QUADRO LARGE ASSEMBLY DESIGN SPEEDUP SOLID EDGE WITH KEPLER VS. SOLID EDGE WITH FERMI

3x is the average speedup with Solid Edge and a K4000

But many models see even more …

UW SAE Race Car 1500 Components

6x Faster

Travertson V-Rex 1100 Components

6x Faster


Nvidia Tesla/Maximus

CAD/CAE usage

• Analysis

• Rendering

GPU technology

Requires application change

Offloads the CPU

Calculates/not display



3dsMax 2014 iRay and Nvidia Tesla Comparisons

Conclusions:

1) Tesla is faster than two 10 core

processors plus Hyper-threading.

2) Fastest overall is 2 10 core

processors with Hyper-Threading,

plus Tesla K20c, plus Nvidia K5000.

3) Or offload your rendering to the K20c

and keep working without slowing

down.

4) iRay required for Tesla

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

SingleProcessor20 threads

DualProcessors40 threads

NoProcessorTesla K20c

Only

NoProcessorK5000 +

Tesla K20cOnly

DualProcessors

40 threads +K5000 +

Tesla K20c

3dsMax 2014 Scene Rendering with iRay

+398%

+264%

+126%

+37%

D30 ThinkStation Qty 2 Xeon E5 – 2670v2

10 cores 2.5 GHz

32 GB ECC Memory

Nvidia K5000

Nvidia K20c Tesla

Windows 7 64 Bit

256 Soli State Disk



Mobile Workstation

Display

• 15.5" 3K (2880 x 1620) (300 NITS)

• 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) (220 NITS)

Graphics

• NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2GB

• NVIDIA Quadro K2100M 2GB

Weight 5.57 lbs

ThinkPad W540 Mobile Workstation



Memory



Memory Sizing

• Enough memory to store your model and application in memory

• Typical 8 to 10x saved

• Some apps are 16x saved or more

• Avoid relying on storage devices, will be significantly slower

• Model sizes grow – double every 2-3 years

• Minimum in CAD today is 8 GB 16 GB

• ECC improves dependability/ recommended



Google ECC Memory Study

Google ECC Memory Study of large number

of Servers 2009 Presentation

at SIGMETRICS/Performance’09 Conference

• Rates higher than previous small scale

studies

• 25,000 to 70,000 errors per billion device

hours per megabit.

•High-end 5 single bit errors in 8

Gigabytes of RAM per hour

•8.2% of all memory DIMMs affected by

errors each year



Google Study

“A two-and-a-half year study of DRAM

on 10s of thousands Google servers

found DIMM error rates are hundreds to

thousands of times higher than thought

— a mean of 3,751 correctable errors

per DIMM per year.”

CE = Correctable Error

UE= Uncorrectable error

• 8.2% of DIMMS see Correctable Errors

• DIMMS get worse with use/age


S30 System Diagram

1 2 3 4

4 Memory Channels

• 2 memory DIMM sockets per channel

• Try to fill each channel first

• Best DIMM combination is 4 or 8

Memory Installation

• Fill in order shown

• Do not mix RDIMMS and UDIMMS

Proper memory installation

enhances performance

5 6 7 8



D30 System Diagram – Single or Dual Xeon

4 Memory Channels

• 2 memory DIMM sockets per channel

• Try to fill each channel first

• Best DIMM combinations are 4,8,16

Memory Installation

• Fill in order shown for 1 through 8

• Dual Processors fill 1s, 2s, etc

• Do not mix RDIMMS and UDIMMS

1

4

3

2 5

6

7

8

3

4

1

2 5

6

7

8

1st 2nd



Disks



Disks - Many choices Goal – use it for storage – not operations

• SATA HDD (Serial ATA) – 7500 rpm, 10,000 rpm

• SAS HDD (Serial attach SCSI) -- Up to 15,000 rpm

• When 70-80% full, seeks take longer

• SSD - Solid State Disk

• Hybrid SATA HDD

• SATA 3.0 (6 Gb/s) vs. SATA 2.6 (3 Gb/s)

• Right connections

• Hard Disk Drives with enough cache to support

• Ideal for new SSD

• RAID 0,1,10 etc.



0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

500 GBSATA

7200 rpm3 Gb/s

500 GBSATA

7200 rpm6Gb/s

600 GBSATA10000rpm

6Gb/s

146 GBSAS

15000rpmSCU

450 GBSAS

15000rpmSCU

2 TBSATA

7200 rpmHybrid6Gbit/s

RAID 12 Drives

RAID 02 Drives

RAID 03 Drives

Disk Mark

PassMark

Read

write

Disk Drive Comparisons to 500 GB SATA 7200 rpm 3 Gb/s

+74%

+28%

+60%

+24%

+132%

+40%

+14% +29%


Configuration – Recommendations

Workflows: Design and Engineering

Applications: Solid Edge – Main Stream

ThinkStation E32 Configuration

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro K2000 2GB of memory K4000 for larger models

CPU: Intel® Xeon® E3-1240v3 (4C/3.4GHz/130W)

Memory: 16 to 32 GB ECC memory

Storage: 256GB 6Gb/s SSD Plus 2 TB Hybrid Disk Drive

Ethernet Options 1 GB

Visual: ThinkVision LT2452p 24-inch IPS Monitor – QTY 2

3Dconnexion SpacePilot PRO - 3D motion controller .

The performance to get done quickly




Workflows: Design and Engineering

Applications: Solid Edge– Large models

ThinkStation S30 Configuration

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro K4000 3GB of memory

CPU: Intel® Xeon® E5-1660 v2 (6C/3.7GHz/130W)

Memory: 32 GB ECC memory


Visual: ThinkVision LT2452p 24-inch IPS Monitor – QTY 2

3Dconnexion SpacePilot PRO - 3D motion controller

.

The performance for large models




Workflows: Design and Engineering 2D and entry 3D

Applications: Solid Edge 2D only

ThinkStation E32 Configuration

Graphics Card: Intel Integrated Graphics HD P4600

CPU: Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 v3 (4C/3.5GHz/84W)

Memory: 8 to 16 GB ECC memory


Visual: ThinkVision LT2452p 24-inch IPS Monitor – QTY 2 .

Exceptional Entry Level Performance



Engineering Simulation

Workflows: Simulation

Applications: ANSYS Multi-physics & Mechanical, Fluent, Mold Flow,

ThinkStation D30 Configuration

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro 5000 4GB of memory add one or two Tesla K20 where supported by the application

CPU: •2x Intel®Xeon E5-2690 v2 (10C/3.0GHz/130W)

Memory: 128 GB ECC memory (Less for CFD, Mold Flow)

Storage: RAID 0 Qty 3 256GB 6Gb/s SSD, 2 TB Hybrid Disk Drive

Visual: ThinkVision LT2452p 24-inch IPS Monitor

Power to try multiple analysis



Respondents reported on their experience with a total of more than

500,000 workstations, 92% of which were desktop workstations.

• Respondents were asked if they documented repair rates, or if their

reported rates were estimated.

o Only documented repair rates were used in calculations of repair rates.

Lenovo workstations had lower than top vendor average repair rates in all three

years represented in this study,

• leading to 23% fewer interruptions in the first year of ownership,

•19% in the second year,

• and 36% in the third year.



Remote Access

Lenovo Remote Solutions

Have it your way!

• Citrix

• Teradici

• Splash Top

When Remote Access is business critical



Splash Top Remote Solutions

Splash Top Remote Software

ThinkStation S30

SolidWorks

Tiny Desktop

Splash Top Remote

ThinkStation 32 SFF

Splash Top Server



SPLASHTOP: PURE SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Splashtop Personal version

PUBLIC cloud:

Amazon

cloud，

Ali cloud,etc

Matching Client & Streamer user info: User Email account / Password

PRIVATE cloud

Corporate

inside servers

Splashtop Enterprise version

CLIENT SOFTWARE STREAMER

SOFTWARE CLOUD SOFTWARE

RELAY SERVER


SKETCHING MADE EASY


IMPROVING YOUR NETWORK PERFORMANCE


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