New multi-GPU contains up to four NVIDIA RTX GPUs for intense workloads.
Workstation manufacturer BOXX Technologies announced the availability of its new APEXX Matterhorn workstation. Containing up to four NVIDIA RTX GPUs, the APEXX Matterhorn is an NVIDIA-Certified System that can support workloads including NVIDIA Omniverse.
“NVIDIA Omniverse enables designers and artists to work together in real-time with leading software applications, but in order to take advantage of this technology, you need the proper hardware,” said Bill Leasure, BOXX VP of Marketing. “With support for four NVIDIA RTX GPUs, the NVIDIA-Certified APEXX Matterhorn will deliver state-of-the-art performance essential for a wide range of workflows.”
BOXX has highlighted the versatility of the APEXX Matterhorn workstation for rendering, simulation and other GPU-accelerated compute applications. It features a single-socket Intel Xeon W-3300 series processor that offers up to 38 cores and can achieve 4.0 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 2.0. The W-3300 series processors also have 64 PCIe lanes for more I/O throughput for networking, graphics and storage capabilities. In addition, the PCIe lanes can support up to four NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs, which makes the workstation suited for GPU-intensive applications in the media and entertainment, architecture, engineering, construction, AI, oil and gas, and life sciences industries.
“Powerful workstations are needed more than ever,” said Bob Pette, VP of Professional Visualization at NVIDIA. “BOXX Technologies’ APEXX Matterhorn delivers the best performance for a variety of workflows.”
The APEXX Matterhorn features a liquid-cooling system and is available with a rack mount kit, a 1600W power supply and up to 4TB of memory. The workstation is also customizable, with configuration options that include processors, system memory, optical drive, graphics and IO, software, display devices and rack mount options. In addition, BOXX offers consultations, which customers can schedule online to help them decide what options to select.
The workstation has a professional-grade aluminum chassis measuring 6.85 inches in width, 18 inches in height and 20.2 inches in depth. It has 16 DIMM slots and several I/O ports. The workstation’s front contains two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, two USB 2.0, and an audio/mic. The rear has 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1, a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C, two USB 2.0, one gigabit LAN, one 10 gigabit LAN, an IPMI LAN, a VGA port, HD audio and an optical S/PDIF out. The optical drive supports DVD or Blu-ray.
BOXX timed its APEXX Matterhorn announcement with the recent SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference, which occurred in mid-August.
“SIGGRAPH week is the perfect time to showcase APEXX Matterhorn’s dense, high-performance NVIDIA GPU configurations and also highlight its use for Omniverse implementations,” said Leasure. “The concept of the metaverse and collaboration in a virtual world is now reality, so as 3D artists, architects, engineers and other creators connect, BOXX will continue to provide them with innovative, certified hardware solutions that maximize productivity and ROI.”
The price for the APEXX Matterhorn starts at $7,120 for the basic configuration, which includes 12-core Intel Xeon W 3.5GHz, 128GB DDR4-3200MHz ECC REG, NVIDIA Quadro P2200 5GB, 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD and Microsoft Windows 10.
