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HCL launches workstations for media, gaming and animation industry

HCL Infosystems Limited (HCL) unveiled its HCL Infiniti Challenger Series range of workstations based on Intel Core i7 Quad core processor. The workstations have a four-core eight-thread design with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and more than double the memory bandwidth to ensure faster memory access improved performance.

Commenting on this launch, HCL Executive Vice President George Paul said, "This model is positioned for various multimedia tasks like image rendering and photo editing, gaming and the animation industry." According to an HCL release, the processor‘s frequency can be dynamically increased through Intel® Turbo Boost Technology thus making it ideal for various applications like digital media creation & highly threaded games.

The Intel core i7 processor offers true multi-core design with features of an integrated memory controller, accelerating performance for productivity, content creation, entertainment, and gaming informs the release. In addition, this architecture includes Intel Smart Cache for rapid access to memory, with 8 MB shared L3 cache for ultra efficient data storage.

Launched at a price of Rs55,000 onwards, HCL Infiniti Challenger Series workstations will be available through HCL‘s wide distribution network across India. The shipment of the new range of desktops will start in mid December 2008.