Alex Herrera

Herrera on Hardware: The Small Form Factor was the first and most successful industry shrink of the tried-and-true workstation tower.

Herrera on Hardware: Developing, maintaining, and refining products, buildings, and operations with digital twins.

Herrera on Hardware: The traditional fixed workstation platform continues to evolve to serve a wide range of preferences and demands.

Herrera on Hardware: Alder Lake signals a departure for Intel in more than one way, as 12th Generation technology, performance, and market positioning all shift substantially from previous Core generations.

Herrera on Hardware: But the company’s second generation of Threadripper PRO will face a far more competitive landscape than the first.

AMD’s competitive positioning in the market for discrete workstation GPUs looking to improve, but beware a third supplier.

Herrera on Hardware: Especially in CAD applications, lower core count CPUs still dominate the market.

The 12th Generation Core brand processors based on Alder Lake are launching in CAD-capable platforms now.

Much of the early conceptual pitches might feel like marketing fluff, but the metaverse will hold some real value, particularly in CAD-centric computing.

Herrera on Hardware: An opportunity to check out the state of the art in mainstream fixed workstations, as well as assess the CAD performance of Intel’s Rocket Lake CPU.