The new BOXX APEXX Everest is among the first workstation computers on the market to be equipped with the (equally new) AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO processor. So how does that benefit engineers and product designers? Using the CAD application PTC Creo 7.0 and the popular rendering engine KeyShot, let’s take a look.
Creo 7.0, introduced this time last year, delivers exceptional innovation in design, simulation, manufacturing, visualization, and more—and all from the common Creo data platform. Specifically, critical Creo tasks like generative design, simulation, lattice creation for additive manufacturing (along with KeyShot rendering), require multi-core CPUs in order to accelerate performance and increase productivity. Fortunately, with high frequency options up to 64-cores, the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO processors inside APEXX Everest can deliver maximum performance for these engineering tasks.
Threadripper™ PRO processors are also the first and only professional workstation processors to support up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes, enable a variety of advanced configurations, and accelerate workflows with advanced GPUs and high-speed storage devices. In fact, high frequency Threadripper PRO CPUs actually feed high performance graphics cards like Everest’s NVIDIA® RTX™ or AMD® Radeon Pro™ GPUs for optimal viewport responsiveness and also enable rapid transfer of large GPU compute datasets to the graphics card. (APEXX Everest is available with up to four GPUs).
KeyShot is a CPU-based render engine trusted by product designers around the world mainly because it’s easy to use—and it’s fast. KeyShot takes full advantage of all of the CPU cores in your workstation, so if CPU rendering is a major part of your workflow, then you should add as many cores as possible. If you have a balanced workflow of 3D modeling and KeyShot rendering, then you’ll still want a CPU with a high clock speed. Speaking of fast, AMD benchmarks reveal a 36% speed increase over previous processors, so when using KeyShot, you can quickly iterate the look and feel of your designs. Combine this level of performance with KeyShot’s NURBs capabilities and the result is incredibly high-fidelity visuals.
If your workflow demands powerful GPU performance, Threadripper™ PRO processors are also the first and only professional workstation processors to support up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes, enable a variety of advanced configurations, and accelerate workflows with advanced GPUs and high-speed storage devices. In fact, high frequency Threadripper PRO CPUs actually feed high performance graphics cards like Everest’s NVIDIA® RTX™ or AMD® Radeon Pro™ GPUs for optimal viewport responsiveness and also enable rapid transfer of large GPU compute datasets to the graphics card. (APEXX Everest is available with up to four GPUs).
Because the BOXX mission is focused on accelerating workflows and increasing productivity, Threadripper PRO processors were also selected for the APEXX Everest because they offer unrivalled memory bandwidth, and are the only workstation processors to support eight memory channels, DDR4-3200 memory speeds, and up to 2TB of memory capacity. (Everest features up to 2TB of ECC RAM).
Scalability of this level enables you to load massive models and textures into fast local memory to keep your workflow running at its peak. Add liquid cooling, along with Threadripper PRO’s built-in data protection features, seamless manageability, and reliable longevity, and you have a complete manufacturing & product design workstation that provides the ability to work securely and confidently.
The APEXX Everest workstation, equipped with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO, gives engineers the benefits of both high frequency single core performance for lightly threaded design tasks, as well as world leading core count for multi-threaded simulation and generative design workloads. Design and render…and do it fast. Configure your APEXX Everest today by calling a BOXX MPD performance specialist at 877.877.BOXX.