Sector Guide Lenovo launches next-generation workstations
Lenovo has introduced its latest generation of AI focused mobile and desktop workstations, including the ThinkPad P14s i Gen 7, ThinkPad P14s Gen 7 AMD, ThinkPad P16s i Gen 5, ThinkPad P16s Gen 5 AMD, ThinkPad P1 Gen 9 and the ThinkStation P5 Gen 2. The systems are designed for students, engineers, data scientists and other professional users working across CAD, BIM, data science and AI development.
The new models form part of Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Advantage solutions with NVIDIA and are built to support on device AI development and inference. Across the ThinkPad P Series, dedicated NPUs work alongside next generation Intel and AMD processors and NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI workloads locally. Product highlights include: • ThinkPad P14s Gen 7 Lenovo’s lightest AI ready mobile workstation, offering Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors with Intel vPro and NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU, or AMD Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series processors with AMD Radeon 890M graphics.
• ThinkPad P16s Gen 5 A redesigned 16 inch mobile workstation for mainstream professional users. Available with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors with Intel vPro or AMD Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series processors, and optional NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU. Weight is under 1.76kg.
• ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
A high performance mobile workstation for advanced visualization, rendering and CAD/BIM workloads. Features Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors with up to 16 cores, discrete NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU and up to 672 total TOPS.
WD has retired its SanDisk Professional brand and reintroduced its G DRIVE name as the unified brand for its external storage portfolio aimed at content creators and creative professionals. The move brings all HDD based SanDisk Professional products under the G DRIVE label, which will now serve as the company’s single identity for high capacity desktop drives, portable drives and multi bay RAID systems.
The transition includes the adoption of the G DRIVE name and ‘G’ logo across WD’s creator focused line up. Products currently sold under the SanDisk Professional brand will shift to G DRIVE by the end of February. WD said the consolidation is intended to streamline its offering for users working in photography, video production, graphic design, audio engineering and other data intensive creative workflows. The first wave of products under the consolidated brand includes: • G DRIVE ArmorATD – Rugged portable HDD with capacities up to 6TB, IP54 dust and water protection, and a reinforced enclosure for field use.
• G DRIVE – Desktop HDD featuring an enterprise class
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• ThinkStation P5 Gen 2
A desktop workstation equipped with Intel Xeon 600 processors and up to two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max Q Workstation Edition GPUs. Designed for compute intensive tasks such as complex 3D CAD, high resolution rendering, medical imaging, molecular modeling and AI model development.
Lenovo will also support NVIDIA OpenShell, an enterprise AI agent framework designed for secure, customizable workflow automation on local systems. Select workstations, including the ThinkStation P5 Gen 2, will be able to host OpenShell based agents directly on device.
The new systems include Lenovo ThinkShield hardware and firmware security features, such as BIOS level protections, secure wipe and integrated privacy controls. The ThinkPad mobile workstations incorporate recycled materials, carry EPEAT Gold, ENERGY STAR 9.0 and TCO Certified 10.0 designations, and meet MIL STD 810H testing requirements. They also introduce improved serviceability with more customer replaceable components and expanded memory and storage options.
WD retires SanDisk Professional branding for G-DRIVE
Ultrastar drive up to 26TB for workstation based editing, libraries and archiving.
• G DRIVE PROJECT – Single bay Thunderbolt 3 desktop unit with Ultrastar HDD capacities up to 26TB for high demand workloads.
• G RAID PROJECT 2 – Two bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID system shipping in RAID 0, with field swappable Ultrastar drives up to 52TB.
• G RAID SHUTTLE 4 and SHUTTLE 8 – Transportable 4 bay and 8 bay arrays with hot swappable Ultrastar HDDs up to 208TB, shipping in RAID 5 for on set and multi camera production environments. WD confirmed that existing SanDisk
Professional HDD based products will continue
to receive full support and warranty coverage. Units with the new G DRIVE branding are already shipping. The rebrand follows Western Digital’s separation into a standalone HDD company in February 2025. Alongside the G DRIVE creator portfolio, WD will continue offering HDDs across its colour coded product families, including WD Gold for enterprise, WD Purple for smart video, WD Red for NAS, WD Blue for PC workloads and WD_BLACK for gaming.
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