The IBM RS/6000 44P 7044 Model 270 provides a continuation of the RS/6000 workstation and workgroup server family. It is an affordable 64-bit symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system with extended floating- point capabilities that offers significant performance enhancements over the 43P 7043 Model 260. The Model 270 workstation lowers the cost of a high-end design and analysis applications workstation while raising levels of performance. It offers: a cost-effective solution as a workgroup, technical server, or e-business server; a 1-, 2-, 3-, or 4-way SMP system utilizing the 64-bit 375 MHz POWER3-II processor with either 4 MB or 8 MB Level 2 (L2) cache per processor or a 450 MHz POWER3-II 2-way processor with 8 MB of L2 cache per processor to allow or full 64-bit SMP application testing and deployment; expansion of system memory to 16 GB; integration of Ethernet, Ultra2 SCSI, and a service processor within the system; Five PCI slots: two 64-bit slots and three 32-bit slots; and Five bays: a 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch diskette drive and an optical storage device capable of reading a CD-ROM disc occupy two of the bays. It also offers the availability of a variety of 2D and 3D graphics adapters that position the Model 270 as a single-seat MCAD design and analysis solution.