HP Claims World’s Smallest Workstation

HP has a new Z2 Mini workstation that will start shipping early in January. The system unit is just 8.5″ (21.6cm) square and 2.3″ (5.85cm) thick and can be mounted on a flat surface, under a desk or on the back of a monitor. Although the PC can be used with applications such as AutoCAD, Vectorworks, MicroStation, Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, and Revit as it is based on Core processors (from Core i3 up to 3.4GHz i7-6700) and can be fitted with an optional Nvidia M620 Quadro Pro (2GB of RAM) with four DisplayPort 1.2 outputs that can each support up to 4096 x 2160 at 30bpp and 60Hz as well as HBR2 and MST. Up to 16GB of RAM is available and there is one integrated 2.5″ bay for mass storage. There are also dual USB Type-C ports as well as four USB 3.0 Type A ports.