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December 1st
NVIDIA Launches Tesla C2050 (3GB) and C2070 (6GB) next generation Tesla cards based on the Fermi architecture.
With between 520-630 G/Flops of double precision floating point performance on tap and ECC protected memory, NVIDIA is set to change the future of High Performance Computing.
Customers can now place order for these cards, either individually or as part of an Armari Tesla Workstation or Armari Tesla Server solution.
Tesla C2050 & C2070 will ship in Q2/2010, but don't worry you get a Tesla C1060 to use until they arrive. In addition, customers working in Education may keep the C1060 cards after the new cards arrive.
November 13th - January 31st 2010
NVIDIA Tesla FERMI MAD program is launched for Computer scientists
Order an NVIDIA Fermi Tesla card from now until the end of January 2010 and you get a FREE C1060 card to use until the Fermi card ships in Q2 2010. Its a really outstanding offer, giving you a FREE Tesla C1060 card worth almost £1000 !
or, if you order any NVIDIA C1060 cards between these dates you can upgrade to the Fermi based Tesla cards and ONLY PAY THE DIFFERENCE ! You then get to keep the C1060 card as a bonus.
note: FREE card offer only applies to customers working in qualified Educational establishments.
October 22nd
The king is dead, long live the king!
Windows XP bows out as Windows 7 launches. Windows 7 is now the default O/S on all Armari Workstations and PC's.
October 18th
The Armari Magnetar F3 wins a Digital Arts Best Buy Award !. It's our first workstation to be reviewed with Windows 7 installed by default. This Windows 7 optimised configuration is offered at a special introductory price until the end of November.
September 30th
NVIDIA unveils its next generation GPU. "Fermi" is set to revolutionise High Performance Computing. With an 512 CUDA cores and an 8x increase in floating performance, ECC error checking support and C++ & Fortran support, this 3 Billion transistor 40nm chip could well be the architecture that the next generation of world class supercomputers are built on.
More information is being revealed daily at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference.
September 23rd
AMD officially launches a new GPU and range of DirectX 11 Graphics cards today. The Radeon HD 5870 and HD 5850 feature an incredible 1600 and 1440 shaders respectively and offer double the perfromance of the previous generation DirextX 10.1 cards. Read all about it here @ Hexus.net
September 8th
Intel launched 3 new processors today, bridging the gap between the Core 2 Quad and 1366pin Core i7 processors. Built around a new P55 chipset, these processors offer better value and performance levels that may surprise you. Read about it here
These processors are currently available now in our Magnetar F3 workstation
August 10st
Armari's latest Dual-Core ATOM 330+NVIDIA ION powered Media centre/home server is now available.
The AI-100 comes as standard with a fantastic specification including 4GB DDR2-800 memory, 802.11n Wifi and is internally expandable to 2TB of internal RAID storage. Thanks to the onboard NVIDIA ION GeForce GPU, it runs Windows 7 64bit like a dream and fully decodes HD movies in hardware. Despite the high specification, this tiny machine fully configured consumes less than 35Watts (Dual 1TB RAID), with most configurations using less than 30Watts.
Prices for the entry level configuration start from just £307 + VAT
August 1st
Very Low cost & Very Low power 1U server
Now shipping - Supermicro's latest 5015A-H Dual-Core Intel® ATOM™ 300 based 1U server. The ATOM processor uses only 8Watts of power, yet its powerfull enough to run a full blown 64bit server O/S. Perfect for lite web and applicance server applications.
Starting price for a full configured server is just £346+VAT including a 3yr warranty!June 1st
Supermicro launch a new range of 1U GPU optimised servers. For HPC customers this means you can install 2 double width cooler GPUs (NVIDIA Tesla C1060) or 4 Single slot cooler GPUs in a single 1U server. Amazing !
HPC Tesla solutions available from Armari
May 20th
Our new Magnetar NDX low noise Dual Xeon workstation is available with a liquid cooled option.
March 31st
Armari's Magnetar NGX wins the Best Buy Award from Digital Arts in their latest Workstation Group Test (May 2009 issue).
March 31st
Intel officially launches the Nehalem-EP, Xeon 5500 series of processors. Over the next few days we will be updating the site with new Workstation and Server product ranges based on these new processors. Today we start with the i55 Workstation.
January 30th 2009
Western Digital officially announce the 2TB Caviar Green hard drive. The highest-capacity drive on the market. Now available with many Armari systems.
Read about it at hexus.
January 19th 2009
Matrox RT.X2 loyalty discount extended.
Until March 31, 2009 owners of Matrox RT.X100, RT2500, or RT2000 can save £100 off the purchase of a Matrox RT.X2 or RT.X2 LE.
January 14th 2009
Armari will be at the BETT 2009 show in London's Olympia with the Magetar TDX Pro. You can find us at stand S70 from the 14th to 17th January.
January 13th 2009
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 295 is now available in Armari systems.
December 22nd 2008
Armari will be closed for business from the 24th December, and will reopen on the 5th of January.
We would like to wish all our customers a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
December 22nd 2008
Microsoft announces the extension of Windows XP license availability from the 31st January to the 30th May 2009. See Hexus for details.
December 19th 2008
NVIDIA anounce the GeForce GTX 295. A dual GPU card with 480 cores to rival ATI's 4870 X2.
Read about it at Hexus.
December 8th 2008
NVIDIA launch the 192-core Quadro FX 4800 professional graphics card.
Now available across our workstation range, including the Magnetar NS, Magnetar NS+ and the Magnetar QX3.
Hexus review the Quadro FX 4800 here.
November 18th 2008
The Magnetar TDX Pro, our first nVidia Tesla personal supercomputer is now available.
November 18th 2008
Our new Magnetar NS and NS+ Core i7 workstations are now launched.
November 17th 2008
The first of our new Intel Core i7 systems are in stock and available to buy now.
View our range here.
November 12th 2008
Hexus benchmarks 3 Way SLI on a Core i7 based system vs a Core 2 QX9770 system. Available in our new gaming PCs launching on 17th November. Read all about it here.
November 4th 2008
An extensive range of Armari Core i7 workstations and PCs will be live here on 17th November, including the award winning Magnetar™ NS+.
November 4th 2008
Hexus reveals all on Intel's new Core i7 architecture and puts it to the test.
Armari wins the Technical Innovation Award at the Custom PC Awards 2008, for the XCP Prototype über-PC.
September 29th 2008
Our whole hearted congratulations go to Steve Gomez at Bandito, for winning an Emmy at this years awards in New York.
The award was for visual effects work on the National Geographic documentary Inside the Living Body.
Steve said: “The project was a real challenge. But I’ve always believed in ‘staying with the problem’. I believe that tenacity is what won us the award.”
Steve and Bandito visual effects have been a long standing Armari customer since the mid 1990’s, using Armari workstations, servers and render farms in their productions. We work closely with our customers and know just how hard Steve worked on this project, which is why we’re so happy he’s been rewarded for all his efforts.
Read more about Bandito's award here.
September 19th 2008
Hexus reveals details of Intel's next generation Core i7 processors. Read all about it Here.
August 28th 2008
Custom PC reviews the Armari XCP in their Dream PC 2008 feature, here.
August 11th 2008
First public viewing of the Armari top secret XCP Prototype, at the Multiplay 2000+ LAN event. The UK's largest LAN event.
July 18th 2008
The Armari Magnetar QS+ is announced as the winner of 3D World magazine's 3D generalist supertest. 3DW awarded both the QS+ & the Magnetar QX3 9 out of 10 for value.
July 10th 2008
ATI launch their Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 graphics cards. Read all about it at Hexus.
June 16th 2008
New GTX 200 range of GPUs launched today by nVidia. Read all about it at Hexus.
Available immediately on Armari systems, including the Mako SLI-2.
June 3rd 2008
Western Digital launch their Scorpio Black range of hard drives. 2.5" drives with Desktop-class Performance.
May 9th 2008
Western Digital release the VelociRaptor, their next-generation 10,000 RPM, 300GB SATA Hard-Drive. The world's first 2.5" drive in a 3.5" mounting frame.
April 18th 2008
Armari launches the Magnetar SDX, the Ultimate Workstation, based on the ground-breaking Intel Skulltrail motherboard.
We have also launched the Gravistar QA3 workstation, powered by Quad-Core, Dual-Core, or energy efficent Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors.
Armari's IG24T 4U Network Storage Unit wins the Editor's Choice Award from ITPRO. Click here to read the review.
March 31st 2008
Microsoft to end license availability of Windows XP on January 31st 2009.
March 20th 2008
Hexus reveals more about the Armari eXtreme Concept Prototype project.
Armari's top secret XCP über-PC project revealed. Read all about it at Hexus. See the video on Hexus.tv.
February 8th 2008
The latest ATI FireGL graphics cards now available in Armari workstations.
Armari launches two new Workstations, the Magnetar QS2 and the Magnetar QX3, both supporting the latest 45nm processors.
October 31st 2007
Hexus reviews the next-generation Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor here.
Hexus reviews the Thecus N5200 Pro here. Available on our website under Network Storage area, or click here.
August 2nd 2007
AMD announces the first GPU with native DisplayPort 1.1. Read more at Beyond3D.
July 27th 2007
Beyond3D reviews nVIDIA's Quadro FX 5600 using our Magnetar QX2. To read more click here.
July 20th 2007
Beyond3D interviews Ian Buck on everything CUDA, the software side of nVIDIA's Tesla platform. Click here to find out more at Beyond3D
July 18th 2007
Intel refreshes their top end Core 2 processors. Hexus reviews the QX6850 and the E6750, read more here.
July 12th 2007
Armari's Magnetar QX2 wins the Best Buy Award from Digital Arts in their latest 3D Workstation Group Test. Click here to read the review.
July 9th 2007
Corsair tells Hexus TV about its plans to introduce its Dominator DDR3 memory, click here to see the video.
July 4th 2007
We are now offering Supermicro's SuperBlade, with up to 10 Blades in a 7U chassis. For more details, click here.
July 2nd 2007
Hexus reviews the new Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi DDR3 motherboard based on Intel's new P35 (Bearlake) chipset, here.
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