Common use of Workstation Clause in Contracts

Workstation. A high-performance, single-user computer typically used for graphics, CAD, software development, financial and scientific applications among other compute-intensive tasks. To qualify as a workstation, a computer must: (a) Be marketed as a workstation; (b) Have a mean time between failures (MTBF) of at least 15,000 hours based on either Bellcore TR-NWT-000332, issue 6, 12/97 or field collected data; and (c) Support error-correcting code (ECC) and/or buffered memory. (d) In addition, a workstation must meet three of the following six optional characteristics: (e) Have supplemental power support for high-end graphics (i.e., PCI-E 6-pin 12V supplemental power feed); (f) The system is wired for greater than x4 PCI-E on the motherboard in addition to the graphics slot(s) and/or PCI-X support; (g) Does not support Uniform Memory Access (UMA) graphics; (h) Includes five or more PCI, PCIe or PCI-X slots; (i) Capable of providing multi-processor support to two or more processors (must support physically separate processor packages/sockets, i.e., not met with support for a single multi-core processor); and/or (j) Be qualified by at least two Independent Software Vendor (ISV) product certifications; these certifications can be in process, but must be completed within 3 months of qualification.

Workstation. A high-performance, single-user computer typically used for graphics, CAD, software development, financial and scientific applications among other compute-intensive tasks. To qualify as a workstation, a computer must: (a) Be marketed as a workstation; (b) Have a mean time between failures (MTBF) of at least 15,000 15 000 hours based on either Bellcore TR-NWT-000332, issue 6, 12/97 or field collected data; and (c) Support error-correcting code (ECC) and/or buffered memory. (d) In addition, a workstation must meet three of the following six optional characteristics: (e) Have supplemental power support for high-end graphics (i.e., PCI-E 6-pin 12V supplemental power feed); (f) The system is wired for greater than x4 PCI-E on the motherboard in addition to the graphics slot(s) and/or PCI-X support; (g) Does not support Uniform Memory Access (UMA) graphics; (h) Includes five or more PCI, PCIe or PCI-X slots; (i) Capable of providing multi-processor support to two or more processors (must support physically separate processor packages/sockets, i.e., not met with support for a single multi-core processor); and/or (j) Be qualified by at least two Independent Software Vendor (ISV) product certifications; these certifications can be in process, but must be completed within 3 months of qualification.