Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition and HP Workstations

Welcome to the world of 64-bit computing. HP Personal Workstations enabled with Intel® EM64T or AMD64 and the Microsoft® Windows® XP 64-Bit Edition allows technical workstation and power users to arm themselves with a 64-bit workstation for new 64-bit applications, while continuing to run their existing 32-bit applications. The design and manipulation of large data sets or models just became much easier.

The Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition offers:

A High Performance Platform for the Next Generation of Applications

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition is a rich platform that enables the next generation of high-performance computing. 64-bit native applications can deliver more data per clock cycle, making them run faster and more efficiently.

Large Memory Support

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition on HP Workstations will currently support up to 32 GB of RAM and 16 TB of virtual memory, enabling applications to run faster when working with large data sets. Applications can preload substantially more data into virtual memory, allowing rapid access by the 64-bit processor.

Compatibility

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition provides a rich platform to integrate 64-bit technical applications and existing 32-bit business applications using the Windows on Windows 64 (WOW64) x86 emulation layer, providing customers with the ability to move to 64-bit computing without having to sacrifice their existing investment in 32-bit software and Windows expertise.

Multiprocessing

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to support multiprocessing capabilities for maximum performance and scalability, supporting up to two symmetric 64-bit processors.

Same Programming Model

Developers with 32-bit skills will be comfortable and quickly productive in the 64-bit Windows environment, finding it virtually identical to the development environment for 32-bit Windows.

For more Information:

The HP Transition Toolkit provides enterprise and workstation developers with a consolidated resource of information and available tools to help the creation of environments and applications based on HP Workstations with 64-bit capability.

Please check the links in the right nav above for additional information on Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition on HP Workstations.

Some applications included with an HP workstation originally purchased with 32-bit Windows will require new versions for Windows x64. See the following vendors for Windows x64 versions.