Smart Guidance for the Best BIM & 3D Workstations

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1 Smart Guidance for the Best BIM & 3D Workstations Jeffrey POON Regional Product Manager Workstation Business, Lenovo Central Asia Pacific 2017 Lenovo Internal. All rights reserved.

2 Hardware.. Boring Expensive Depreciates But a Hugely Important Part of ANY Digital Workflow! Who has control, input or Influence over their companies IT investments? Who spends <HKD10,000 on their Workstation? HKD15,000 - HKD25,000? HKD25,000+? It s not what you spend, but how you spend it!

3 Making the Right Choice.. Not as Simple as is Sounds. 3

4 The Basics of Computer Hardware Software Components/Plug-Ins CAD Application Kernel Display/UI Windows Operating System Open GL or Direct X Basic Input Output System UEFI = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface System Drivers Graphics Driver Looks simple, ONLY H/W box + OS BUT it is COMPLICATED System Hardware Graphics

5 Facts. Not All Software is Created Equal Software is Single or Multi-Threaded (Sometimes Both) Single Threaded CANNOT Scale/Thread onto Multiple CPU Cores Multi-Threaded CAN Scale/Thread onto Multiple CPU Cores CPU Spec/Detail is Important Clock Speed/GHz, Core Count, Cache Memory, Turbo Boost etc Memory can be the 2 nd Largest Bottleneck (Behind the CPU) Not Just Capacity, But Bandwidth, Clock Speed & Latency Graphics are more important than ever! Not Just for Displaying Graphics Cheap Can Become Very Expensive!

6 Configuring a Workstation Processors 6

7 Processors Always Choose Intel Xeon Processors Faster Turbo Clock Speeds, More Cache, More Cores, ECC Memory Choose Between One or Two Processors Per Workstation Dual 6C 2.5GHz = 30GHz / 3.2GHz (Boost) Single 8C 3.2GHz = 25.6GHz / 4.0GHz (Boost) Choose The Right Balance of CPU Clock Speed & Core Count Consider Intel Turbo Boost & $$$ Cost Per GHz For Maximum ROI Rule-out Adding a 2 nd CPU Later Matched CPU Stepping, High Cost (Option), Availability, Downtime

8 Intel Turbo Boost/Max Always Choose Intel Workstation Processors Faster Turbo Clock Speeds, More Cache, More Cores, ECC Memory 4.00GHz 3.80GHz Turbo Boost Max GHz 3.40GHz 3.20GHz 3.00GHz ALL/FOUR Cores Active TWO Cores Active ONE Core Active ONE Core + Driver Power & Thermal Headroom Dependant

9 Choose One or Two Processors Per Workstation Single Processor High Clock Speed GHz first Dual Processors High No. of Cores count, for Engineering Simulation CAD Software is a single threaded application High-frequency CPUs are much more favorable for 2D and 3D design/modeling work Run multi threaded applications, rendering, finite-element analysis, computational fluid dynamics

10 Configuring a Workstation Memory 10

11 Memory Capacity More The Merrier - Minimum of 4GB Per Core (Ideally 8GB+) Type Dual Data Rate 4 (DDR4) Is The Current Highest Standard Size/Rank Single-Rank (SR), Dual (DR) or Even Quad (QR) Modules Available Speed Clock Speed, Much Like a CPU 2400MHz Current 2S Standard Channels More The Merrier Quad-Channel (4) Per CPU is Best ECC Memory Detects & Fixes single bit errors, reduces system crash

12 Configuring a Workstation Storage & I/O 12

13 Storage Two Different Types of Data Storage Technology Spinning Platter & Solid State Drives Seven Different Types of Data Storage Interface/Sub-System Technologies SATA HDD (Spin) 7.2K & 10K Low Cost & High Capacity SATA SHHD (Hybrid) 7.2K + SSD Cache Above + Good Performance SAS HDD (Spin) 15K ~ Aging Standard, Good Performance & Full Duplex SATA SSD (Solid State) Standard Workstation Technology PCI-E SSD (AHCI) Cutting Edge Technology PCI-E SSD (NVMe) Bleeding Edge Technology

14 HDD vs. SSD Performance Data Performance: 3.5 SATA 7.2Krpm 2.5 SAS 15Krpm 2.5 SATA SSD M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Sequential Read Max (MB/s) Sequential Write Max (MB/s) Performance Gain: 1.2x 2.6x 7.6x Good $ 1.7x 3.1x 4.7x Better Best $$ $$$

15 Exceptional Storage Performance Lenovo ThinkStation workstations support M.2 PCIe SSDs, the fastest storage solution available. ThinkStations offer a wide variety of implementation paths and upgrades to help users take advantage of this blazingly-fast storage. ThinkStation Flexibility Storage Maximum Speeds SATA Drives 6Gb/s SAS 12Gb/s PCIe/M.2 Drives 20Gb/s M.2 PCIe SSD ThinkStation Quad M.2 Adapter Easy to Install M.2 drives connect directly to the motherboard Easy to Upgrade No custom carrier required, adding in or upgrading drives is a snap Easy to Expand Using the ThinkStation Quad M.2 Adapter, users can house up to six M.2 drives within a single system*

16 Optimized Storage System Base - Operating System Solid State SATA or PCI-E Application - Cache/Scratch Disk PCI-E/SATA SSD RAID 0 RAW Data - Project Archive/Storage 7.2K HDD (SATA) RAID 1 or 5 16

17 Configuring a Workstation Graphics 17

18 Graphics How to choose. How Large or Complex are your 3D Models? No. of Parts per Assembly, Polygons, Textures etc. Screen Resolution / No. of Pixels 4K? No. of Monitors Total Desktop Real Estate? Frequent Model Rotation? Colour Accuracy - 8 or 10Bit Colour? High Frame Rates (VR)? Ray Tracing & GPU Rendering? Advanced Lighting Effects? How Many Different Software Apps?

19 NVIDIA Desktop Quadro Products Most demanding rendering and GPGPU compute applications GP100 16GB HBM Largest CAD models, CAE, Photorealistic rendering, Seismic exploration, GPGPU compute P GB Large/complex CAD models, Seismic exploration, complex DCC effects, 3D Medical Imaging Recon Large/complex CAD models, Advanced DCC, Medical Imaging 80% P4000 8GB P GB + ECC Memory 20% Medium size/complexity CAD models, Basic DCC, Medical Imaging, PLM P2000 5GB P1000 4GB LP Small/simple CAD models, video, Entry PLM P600 2GB LP P400 2GB LP + 2GB Memory Office, Sketchup AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor Adobe CC Photoshop, Illustrator PACS/Diagnostics Solidworks Visualize, DeltaGen, Catia Live Rendering Ansys, Abaqus, Simulia Solidworks, NX, Creo, Catia Adobe CC Premiere Pro, After Effects, Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mari, Nuke

20 NVIDIA Mobile Quadro Products Most demanding rendering and GPGPU compute applications Largest CAD models, CAE, Photorealistic rendering, Seismic exploration, GPGPU compute Large/complex CAD models, Seismic exploration, complex DCC effects, 3D Medical Imaging Recon P4000 8GB P GB 20% Large/complex CAD models, Advanced DCC, Medical Imaging 80% P3000 6GB Medium size/complexity CAD models, Basic DCC, Medical Imaging, PLM Small/simple CAD models, video, Entry PLM M620 2GB M520 2GB M2200 4GB M1200 4GB + 2GB Memory Office, Sketchup AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor Adobe CC Photoshop, Illustrator PACS/Diagnostics SolidWorks Visualize, DeltaGen, Catia Live Rendering Ansys, Abaqus, Simulia Solidworks, NX, Creo, Catia Adobe CC Premiere Pro, After Effects, Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Mari, Nuke

21 Configuring a Workstation Beyond Hardware 21

22 Lenovo Performance Tuner Improve your Performance Experience Customize Resources Affinity by SW Application Customize Graphical Settings Manage your Power Settings Monitor your Resources No more bottlenecks holding you back! SPECapc Single Threaded 20% better* I/O Composite CPU Composite Graphics Composite

23 Lenovo Workstations Are Unique With GREENGUARD GreenGuard uses performance based, field validated standards to define products with low chemical and particle emissions to ensure the better indoor quality People spend 90 % of their time indoors* Lenovo is the ONLY workstation vendor that has been certified with GreenGuard Certification** Indoor air is 2 to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air * * Source: The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute Media Kit * *All ThinkStation P Series and ThinkPad P Series have been certified according to the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Certification Program for Low Emitting Products.

24 High Efficiency For You And The Earth A wide range of environmental certifications ThinkStations Are Designed To Maximum 100% OF PLATFORMS 2015 Lenovo Internal. All rights reserved.

25 Configuring a Workstation Lenovo Recommendations 25

26 Lenovo Workstation for AEC Market SINGLE PROCESSOR MID RANGE 3D HIGH END 3D DUAL PROCESSOR SIMULATION AND RENDERING 2D & ENTRY 3D ThinkStation P520c/ P520 ThinkStation P720 ThinkStation P320 New ThinkStation P920 2D modeling 3D entry-level CAD New ThinkPad P52s ThinkPad P51 Basic Rendering, Analysis & Simulation, 3D CAD Design ThinkPad P71 Mainstream Rendering, Analysis & Simulation New Workstation Performance Ultrabook Mobility Compact Performance Mobile Powerhouse Extreme Power for High-end Simulation, Analysis & Rendering

27 AEC Development Cycle Technology Architect Engineering Engineering Simulation Builder 3ds Max Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk Showcase Bentley MicroStation AutoCAD Architecture Revit Structure Revit MEP Bentley MicroStation AutoCAD Entry-Level Simulation software AutoCAD Design Suite Bentley MicroStation Simulation ANSYS Structural Energy Simulation Apps Lighting Analysis Apps Autodesk CFD AutodeskDWF Viewer Autodesk NavisWorks Bently MicroStation AutoCAD Visual Multithreaded Applications Single threaded Applications Lightly-threaded Applications Limited power Applications P720 2 processors Mid/high end graphics Min 64 GB Memory SSDs 2 x 27 Monitors P520 Near top GHz Mid range graphics Min 32 GB Memory SSDs 2 x 27 Monitors P720 Near top GHz Mid range graphics Min 64 GB Memory SSDs 2 x 27 Monitors P320 1 processors Entry- Mid graphics Min 8 to16 GB Memory SSDs 2 x 27 Monitors

28 AEC Development Cycle Technology - H/W Configuration Workflow Architect Engineering Engineering Simulation Builder Applications 3ds Max Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk Showcase Bentley MicroStation AutoCAD Architecture Revit Structure Revit MEP Bentley MicroStation AutoCAD Entry-Level Simulation software AutoCAD Design Suite Bentley MicroStation Simulation ANSYS Structural Energy Simulation Apps Lighting Analysis Apps Autodesk CFD AutodeskDWF Viewer Autodesk NavisWorks Bently MicroStation AutoCAD DTWS ThinkStation P720 ThinkStation P520 ThinkStation P920 ThinkStation P320 CPU 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6152 (2.1GHz/22 cores) Intel Xeon W 2125 (4.1GHz / 4 cores) 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 (2.3GHz/18 cores) Intel i7-7700k ( 4C/ 4.2 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz) Memory 96GB ECC memory DDR4 (2666MHz) Minimum 32GB ECC memory (2666 MHz) 128GB ECC memory (2666 MHz) (8GB RDIMMS x 16 slots) 32GB memory DDR4 (2133 MHz) Storage 1 TB M.2 PCIe SSD 1x 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB SATA Drive 1x 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD 1x 512GB FLEX Drive (M.2 PCIe Name SSD) 1TB SATA Drive GPU NVIDIA Quadro P4000 with 8GB of memory NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with 5GB of memory 2 x NVIDIA Quadro GP100 for compute and NVIDA Quadro P2000 or better for display NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with 5GB of memory PSU 900W (92% efficient) 690W (90% efficient) 1400W (92% efficient) 450W (92% efficient) Visual 2 ThinkVision P27u 27" UHD ( 3840x2160) 2 x ThinkVision P27q QHD (2560 x 1440) IPS 2 ThinkVision2 ThinkVision P27u 27" UHD ( 2 x ThinkVision P27q QHD (2560 x 1440) IPS IPS monitors 3840x2160) IPS monitors MWS ThinkPad P71 ThinkPad P51 ThinkPad P71 ThinkPad P52s CPU Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1535M v5 Intel Xeon E3-1505M v5 Intel Core i7-8650u Memory 64GB DDR4 ECC 64GB DDR4 ECC 32GB DDR4 ECC 32 GB DRAM Storage 2 x 512GB FLEX Drive (M.2 PCIe SSDs) in RAID + 1 TB 5400 rpm drive 2 x 512GB FLEX Drive (M.2 PCIe SSDs) in RAID + 1 TB 5400 rpm drive 2 x 512GB FLEX Drive (M.2 PCIe SSDs) in RAID + 1 TB 5400 rpm drive 512GB FLEX Drive (M.2 PCIe SSDs) in RAID + 1 TB 5400 rpm drive GPU NVIDIA Quadro P4000 NVIDIA Quadro M2000M NVIDIA Quadro P5000 NVIDIA Quadro P500 2GB GDDR5 Visual 17" 4K IPS Display with 92% color gamut 15.6" FHD, IPS,1920x1080, 250nit, Display 17" 4K IPS Display with 92% color gamut 15.6" FHD, IPS,1920x1080, 250nit, Display

29 Today s Takeaway Tips for CPU/ Memory/ Graphics/ Storage Consideration Performance Boost Up by Lenovo Performance Tuner GREENGUARD & High ENERGY Efficiency PSU Availability Lenovo Recommendations for AEC Industry Lenovo Contact: Jeffrey POON (poonjkl@lenovo.com)

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