Whilst the 2 leading laboratories in the world, CERN in Europe and Fermilabs in the USA, are busy trying to crack open particles to expose the depth of physics, we have been busy  preparing for the release of 2 major computing platforms and systems that will raise user productivity by a few notches.  The first is Sandy Bridge and the second is Quadro Fermi.  Sandy Bridge is the latest innovation from Intel for desktops and servers. It refers to the CPU which is the computing engine of a personal computer.  Conservatively, Sandy Bridge runs faster than the previous generation by 20% for the same price point.  Compucon has released 1 system model based on Sandy Bridge and is releasing 2 more models- one for low cost and one for small business servers.  Quadro Fermi is more for professional engineers and designers.  It is a piece of hardware with computation and visualization capabilities.  Computer Aided Design (CAD) is certainly the most popular application for it.  Other major ones are simulation, digital content creation, visualization, and video production.  Instead of supplying Quadro Fermi as a card, Compucon plans to supply an Engineering & Design Station that is ready to run CAD, for instance, out of the box.  This E & D station is designed to achieve the same performance as top global brands for half of their price.