HP Visualize J5000, J5600, J7000
| Quick Facts | |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 1999-2000 |
| Period | Maturity (III) |
| Series | Visualize |
| CPU | 1-2 (J5x00) 1-4 (J7x00) PA-8500/PA-8600 440-552 MHz |
| Cache | 1.5 MB L1 |
| RAM | 8 GB (J5x00) 16 GB (J7x00) |
| Design | Astro |
| Drives | 5 SCSI 1 FD |
| Expansion | 7 PCI |
| I/O | Fast Ethernet 2 SCSI 2 serial parallel 2 USB audio |
HP Visualize J5000 and J7000 were PA-RISC workstations for the 3D graphics workstations market of the late 1990s. They were quipped with up to two 64-bit PA-8500 processors with large on-chip L1 caches and were basically the bigger brothers of HP Visualize C3000/C3600 with better expandability.
Their architecture was a major change from earlier J-Class workstations: New I/O devices were integrated, LASI I/O chipset and old GSC buses were removed. All devices now attach to PCI buses, I/O devices are connected to USB ports.
J5000 and J7000 shared the same case and architecture while J7000 supported more processors (four PA-8600) and more RAM (16 GB).
An upgrade path to HP Itanium (IA64 EPIC) was envisaged for Visualize workstations but not offered in the end. J5000 and J7000 were some of the last PA-RISC workstations offered by HP, before the ultimate HP c8000.
- HP Visualize J5000, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 1999 for $13,118 (single) and $24,313 (dual processor)
- HP Visualize J5600, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 2000 for $21,108 (dual)
- HP Visualize J7000, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 1999
- HP Visualize J7600, HP 9000/785, were introduced in 2000?
System architecture
Processors
| System | CPU | Speed | L1 Cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Visualize J5000 | 1-2 PA-8500 PA-RISC 64-bit | 440 MHz | 512/1024 KB on-chip |
| HP Visualize J5600 | 1-2 PA-8600 PA-RISC 64-bit | 552 MHz | 512/1024 KB on-chip |
| HP Visualize J7000 | 1-4 PA-8500 PA-RISC 64-bit | 440 MHz | 512/1024 KB on-chip |
| HP Visualize J7600 | 1-4 PA-8600 PA-RISC 64-bit | 552 MHz | 512/1024 KB on-chip |
Chipset
- HP Astro chipset, memory/Runway controller
- Four HP Elroy PCI bridges
- National 87560 (SuperI/O) for USB, RS232, parallel, floppy and IDE
- National 87415 IDE controller
- National USB controller
- Analog Devices AD1889 sound chip
- DEC 21142/43 Fast Ethernet controller (Tulip)
- Symbios Logic 53C896 Ultra2-Wide SCSI-3 controller
System buses
- Runway CPU/memory bus
- PCI-64/33 high-performance device I/O bus
- PCI-64/66 high-performance graphics I/O bus
- SCSI-2 Ultra-Narrow single-ended bus
- SCSI-3 Ultra2-Wide LVD bus main storage I/O
- IDE bus; CD/floppy I/O
Memory
- 278-pin 120 MHz ECC SDRAM DIMMs
- Takes 256/512/1024 MB modules
- J5000 8 slots
- J7000 16 slots
- 256 MB minimum, J5000: 8 GB (8×1024) maximum; J7000: 16 GB (16×1024) maximum.
Expansion slots
- Five PCI 64-bit/33 MHz, 5 V slots
- Two PCI 64-bit/66 MHz, 3.3 V slots
- I/O slots layout (from top to bottom):
- EMPTY
- PCI-64/33, 5 V
- PCI-64/33, 5 V
- PCI-64/66, 3.3 V
- PCI-64/33, 5 V
- PCI-64/33, 5 V
- PCI-64/66, 3.3 V
- PCI-64/33, 5 V
Storage
- Four SCSI 3.5″ Ultra2-Wide LVD hard drives with 80-pin SCA connector
- 3.5″ Floppy drive
- SCSI half-heigth 5.25″ drive, external accessible
External ports
- SCSI-2 50-pin Ultra-Narrow single-ended
- SCSI-3 68-pin Ultra2-Wide LVD
- Two serial RS232C DB9
- Parallel DB25
- Fast Ethernet RJ45
- Two USB ports for keyboard & mouse
- Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and line-out)
Operating systems
- HP-UX, the original HP Unix shipped with it
- PA-RISC Linux, main Linux port to PA-RISC, supported by HP in the 2000s
- OpenBSD, open-source Unix-like, ported to PA-RISC, in 32-bit mode
- NetBSD open-source Unix-like, ported to PA-RISC, in 32-bit mode
Pictures
Benchmarks
| System | CPU | SPEC95 int | SPEC95 fp | SPEC2000 int | SPEC2000 fp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Visualize J5000 | PA-8500 440 MHz | 32.50 | 54.00 | 302 | 486 |
| HP Visualize J5000 | 2 PA-8500 440 MHz | 579 | 744 | ||
| HP Visualize J5600 | PA-8600 552 MHz | 42.60 | 62.70 | 384 | 564 |
| HP Visualize J5600 | 2 PA-8600 552 MHz | 42.60 | 64.70 | 758 | 847 |
| HP Visualize J7000 | PA-8500 440 MHz | 32.40 | 54.00 | 302 | 486 |
| HP Visualize J7000 | 2 PA-8500 440 MHz | 579 | 744 |
Comparison to SPEC benchmark data from other contemporary Unix workstations:
| System | Processor | SPEC2000 int |
SPEC2000 fp |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP c8000 | PA-8800 1.0 GHz | 1001 (est.) | |
| HP zx6000 | McKinley 1.0 GHz | 807 | 1422 |
| HP AlphaServer ES80 | Alpha 21364 1GHz | 689 | 975 |
| IBM POWER 275 | IBM POWER4+ 1GHz | 617 | 862 |
| Sun Fire 280R | UltraSPARC III Cu 1GHz | 511 | 688 |
| SGI Origin 3200 | MIPS R14000 600MHz | 483 | 499 |
| DELL Power Edge 4400 | Pentium III Xeon 1 GHz | 437 | 302 |
| IBM RS/6000 M80 | IBM RS64 IV 750MHz | 409 | 359 |
| HP i2000 | Itanium Merced 800MHz 4MB | 365 | 610 |
| HP Visualize P750C | Pentium III 750MHz | 325 | 219 |
| Compaq AlphaServer ES40 | Alpha 21264 500MHz | 311 | 382 |
| HP Visualize P500 | Intel Pentium III 500MHz | 231 | 191 |
Documentation
Manuals
- J5x00/J7x00 Owner’s Guide (PDF, 4.5 MB) parisc linux
- J5x00/J7x00 Service Handbook (PDF, 4.4 MB) parisc linux
- VISUALIZE Workstation Memory Subsystem (PDF, 120 KB) parisc linux