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April 1998
Prepared By
Workstation Marketing
Compaq Computer
Corporation
Contents
The New Compaq
Professional
Workstations .................. 3
Compaq highly Parallel
System Architecture ....... 4
Processor Technologies . 6
Pentium II....................... 7
Graphics ........................ 8
16X Maximum IDE
CD-ROM ........................ 15
24X Maximum IDE
CD-ROM ........................ 16
PremierSound Audio......16
Universal Serial Bus
(USB) ............................ 17
Chassis and
Serviceability Features ..17
Enhancements to the
Workstation Software
Platform ........................ 19
Compaq Professional
Workstation Software
Platform ........................ 19
Questions and Answers .20
The Compaq Professional Workstation
6000 Key Technologies White Paper
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the Key Technologies incorporated
into The Compaq Professional Workstation 6000. This paper concentrates on covering
those new features and technologies that have unique customer benefits. The objective is
to provide the technical information and benefits of these features, so that geographic
regions can market them successfully.