Lenovo has previewed two new workstations – the ThinkStation S20 and D20 - designed exclusively for specialised professionals in fields such as computer-aided design, digital content creation and oil and gas. Powered by ThinkStation workstations, Lenovo is also showcasing its new e-commerce platform, the Lenovo eLounge, to give customers a new, first-of-its-kind interactive way to experience Lenovo computing solutions online anywhere in the world.

“Designers, engineers, developers and scientists require the highest levels in computing performance to help them produce breakthrough innovations,” said, Tom Tobul, executive director, Enterprise, Software and Peripherals, Lenovo. “The new ThinkStation workstations will deliver not only the utmost in performance, but also a user-centric design with an emphasis on quiet operation, even during heavy processing."

Turbo-charged for performance, Lenovo’s latest workstations can even be configured for personal supercomputing, helping enable professionals to innovate faster and reduce the time between an idea and a product. Adding the NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU platform to the workstations offers 240 additional cores of dedicated math processing power to help speed up calculations dramatically. In addition to this super performance boost and quieter computing experience over previous Lenovo workstations, the new workstations also will feature the latest, high performance technologies including:

• Choices of the upcoming Intel Xeon processors for increased efficiency and performance with optional Intel® Turbo Boost Technology for extra performance during peak processing

• Choices of the latest NVIDIA Quadro line of professional graphics cards or optional ATI FirePro graphics

• Certifications from leading independent software vendors to help ensure compatibility between workstations and major applications

• Preloaded with Windows Vista with support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2

• ThinkVantage Technologies to help with tasks such as data recovery, data migration and more

"There has been a revolution in our industry for building information modeling, and we're finding that with large 3D model files it takes a long time to get them open and started,” said Tom Toot, IT manager, Anshen + Allen. “We've found that the Lenovo ThinkStation D10 performed better than workstations from other vendors with equal specs. We look forward to seeing the next generation of workstations from Lenovo."

Not only are Lenovo’s next generation of workstations higher performing, they are greener. Lenovo is helping to lead the industry in using recycled materials with both workstations using 50 percent recycled content. In the ThinkStation D20 workstation, nearly 30 percent of the recycled content comes from post consumer recycled content, which is equivalent to the weight of approximately 19 plastic drinking water bottles. Lenovo also tested the workstations to be GREENGUARD certified, meaning they meet standards for more than 2,000 chemical tests.

The workstations also meet the Energy Star 5.0 criteria taking effect in July, and select workstation models are rated Gold by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool for their environmental attributes.