PA-RISC information - since 1999

HP Visualize J6000, J6700

Quick Facts
Introduced 2000-2001
Period Maturity (III)
Series Visualize
CPU 1-2 PA-8600/PA8700(+)
552-875 MHz
Cache 1.5-2.25 MB L1
RAM 16 GB
Design Astro
Drives 2 SCSI
1 ATAPI
Expansion 3 PCI
I/O Fast Ethernet
SCSI
2 serial
parallel
2 USB
audio

HP Visualize J6000 and J6700 computers were small HP RISC workstations from the early 2000s aimed at the Unix graphics market, equipped with 64-bit PA-8600 and PA-8700 processors and usually shipped with HP Visualize FX graphics adapters.

© Hewlett Packard 2001

The architecture was a major change from its J-Class predecessors. New I/O devices were integrated, the LASI I/O chip and old GSC bus were discarded. All devices now attach to PCI buses, I/O devices to USB.

The J6000 case can be used as desktop or fitted in a 19″ rack 2U. An upgrade path to HP Itanium (IPF) was envisaged for Visualize workstations but not offered in the end. These were some of the last PA-RISC workstations offered by HP.

System architecture

Processors

System CPU Speed L1 cache
HP Visualize J6000 1-2 PA-8600 PA-RISC 64-bit 552 MHz 512/1024 KB on-chip
HP Visualize J6700 1-2 PA-8700 PA-RISC 64-bit 750 MHz 768/1536 KB on-chip
HP Visualize J6750 1-2 PA-8700+ PA-RISC 64-bit 875 MHz 768/1536 KB on-chip

Chipset

The system is built around the HP Astro chipset:

System buses

Memory

Expansion slots

Storage

External ports

Operating systems

Pictures

HP Visualize J6000 HP Visualize J6000 HP Visualize J6000 HP Visualize J6700
HP Visualize J6000 and J6700, Thomas Schanz 2013, CC BY-SA 4.0

Benchmarks

System SPEC95 int SPEC95 fp SPEC2000 int SPEC2000 fp SPEC2000
rate int
SPEC2000
rate fp
HP Visualize J6000 42.60 62.70 441 433 2-CPU: 9.7 2-CPU: 8.0
HP Visualize J6700 57.60 85.90 603 581 2-CPU: 13.4 2-CPU: 10.5
HP Visualize J6750 676 651 2-CPU: 14.9 2-CPU: 11.5
Based on old SPEC2000 archives
System Processor SPEC2000
int
SPEC2000
fp
zx6000 McKinley 1.0 GHz 807 1422
DELL Power Edge 4400 Pentium III Xeon 1 GHz 437 302
HP i2000 Itanium Merced 800 MHz 4MB 365 610
HP Visualize P750C Pentium III 750 MHz 325 219
HP Visualize P500 Intel Pentium III 500 MHz 231 191

Documentation

Manuals

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