Lenovo has introduced two new ThinkStation desktops
and a ThinkPad notebook. The newly announced Lenovo P520 is a flagship
workstation whereas the Lenovo P520C is its cost-effective variant. The
ThinkPad P52s is Lenovo’s first quad-core mobile workstation from the company.
The Lenovo P520 is meant to deliver topnotch
performance for carrying out high-end tasks like 3D animation and visual
effects. The P520 is running on Windows 10 Pro for Workstation. It will be
available also available in Ubuntu Linux.
The P520 is powered by the new Intel Xeon W-series
CPUs, allowing up to 18 cores or clocking speeds of up to 4.5 GHz. It features
eight DIMM slots that can support up to 32 GB of RAM. This allows the
ThinkStation P520 to support up to 256 GB of DDR4 RAM. It can support a pair of
Nvidia Quadro P6000 graphics.
The ThinkStation P520 can feature up to 8 eight
drives. It is equipped with PCIe x16, one PCIe x8, two PCIe x4 and one PCI
expansion slots. It also features 8 USB 3.0 ports and 1 Thunderbolt 3 port. The
desktop is enabled with network connectivity options such as Intel dual band
wireless AC-8264 and 2T/2R + Bluetooth 4.2.
The ThinkStation P520C is a budget-friendly desktop
that also comes in the same Intel Xeon W-series processor variants. It is
equipped with Nvidia Quadro P5000 graphics and supports up to 128 GB of DDR4
RAM.
It includes with up to 4 drives and instead of 8 USB
3.0 ports, it features 6 USB 3.0 ports. It features the same network
connectivity options and PCI expansions slots except for the single PCI slot
found on P520.
The ThinkPad P52s notebook is the thinnest and
lightest mobile workstation from the Chinese manufacturer. It comes in Core i5
and Core i7 (eighth generation) processor variants along with Nvidia Quadro
P500 graphics.
The P52s comes in three screen options of 15.6
inches such as a full HD IPS, a full HD touchscreen and a 4K UHD. Its users can
up to up to 32 GB of DDR4 RAM on two DIMM slots. The ThinkPad P52s comes in
multiple storage options such as up to 2 TB HDD or 1 TB NVMe SSD.
As far as ports of the ThinkPad P52s is concerned,
it is equipped with 2 x USB 3.0, one USB-C, one Thunderbolt 3, one HMDI 1.4,
one RJ45 Ethernet and memory card reader.
The Lenovo ThinkStation P520, ThinkStation P520C and
ThinkPad P52s are poised to release in January 2018. As of this writing, there
is no information available on their pricing.
