Workstation Specialists
Workstation Specialists is part of the Acecad Software group of comapnies. Originally known as CAD2 it specializes in the manufacturing of high-performance computing computer hardware systems for the visual effects (VFX), game development, CGI animation and broadcasting markets. The company was founded in 1986 as Strucad Hardware and changed to CAD2 in early 2000, and due to continued market growth changed again to Workstation Specialists in April 2009. Located in Derby, Derbyshire.
Products
Workstation Specialists computer system range are all based on high-end commodity PC hardware. Configured using microprocessors from both Intel (Core i7 and 64-bit Xeon) and AMD (Opteron). Systems are available with either Microsoft Windows or Linux preinstalled and feature workstation class graphics by both ATI and NVIDIA. As of August 2009, the Workstation Specialists product line up includes WS [Desktop Workstations], WSM [Laptop Workstations], RX [Rack Mounted rendering)), HPC high-performance computing, and WSX series. These configurations are tailored for a variety of users including lower-end 2D graphic design, 3D animation and architectural CAD, and advanced 3D animation and modeling (multithreaded applications as well as digital compositing and image rendering).
Workstation Specialists also has a range of specialist configurations, including the WSX (Workstation Enhanced for DI & VFX/compositing) and WSX-Tesla; a version of the NVIDIA Tesla Personal Supercomputer that utilizes NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPUs.
Partners
Workstation Specialists has partnerships with several computer software and hardware companies throughout the world. Partners include Adobe Systems, AMD, ATI, Blackmagic Design, bluegfx , Intel, Microsoft, NewTek, NVIDIA, PNY Technologies, Solidworks. Workstation Specialists are also proud to be a Solidworks Solution Partner