HP announced the immediate availability of two performance-boosted versions of its high-end personal workstation computers for digital content professionals in the broadcast, film/video post-production, animation and graphic arts industries. HP’s two updated high-end workstations, the HP xw8600 workstation and the HP xw9400 workstation, offer customers the latest in quad-core processor advances to boost performance for power users working with real-time video, high definition, animation and special effects. The HP xw8600 workstation, the higher performing of the two, includes up to two Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5482 processors with a 1,600-MHz front side bus, 800-MHz memory and HP’s world-class expandability and reliability. The HP xw9400 workstation offers a choice of three new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 2300 processors. Demonstrating HP’s environmental leadership, both workstations are listed Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool Gold, the highest rating available. Professionals in the broadcast, film/video post-production and animation industries already use HP workstations to power their most demanding applications.