HP Japan announces new Z workstations and expanded AI solutions for hybrid environments

HP Japan Inc. announced new workstation products and expanded AI solutions designed to help IT organizations make better use of their assets as they prepare for a hybrid future. As power users such as engineers, architects, product designers, AI developers, and professional creators face increasingly complex workflows, IT administrators must balance those needs with cost, security, and manageability. HP’s latest Z portfolio addresses these challenges with uncompromising performance, future-ready design, and solutions that help customers deploy the right computing environment in the right place at the right time. For desktop workstations, the HP Z8 Fury G6i Workstation is designed for demanding compute and AI workloads. Supporting up to four NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition GPUs and next-generation Intel Xeon 600 workstation processors, it is purpose-built for advanced AI development, VFX, and simulation workloads, and is also designed as an ideal host for HP Z Boost to share limited GPU resources. The HP Z4 G6i Workstation uses a lattice mesh structure that improves airflow by up to about 50%. It can be configured with up to a 48-core Intel Xeon 600 processor and up to two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition GPUs, with an expandable design for future technology needs. Its chassis can fit one unit into 4U rack space, improving workstation management efficiency. HP also announced the HP Max Side Panel for the HP Z8 Fury G6i and HP Z4 G6i. This industry-first chassis expansion unit increases internal volume by 15%, allowing power users and IT teams to install larger graphics cards without tools while maintaining thermal performance and IT-approved serviceability. HP Z Remote Graphics Software is also returning, providing a powerful, secure, and seamless remote work environment for creators, engineers, and other power users who require uncompromising performance. It enables users to fully access the performance of HP Z Workstations and HP ZBooks from any device and location, with a local-like experience. The HP Z8 Fury G6i Workstation has an HP suggested retail price of 2,227,280 yen and is expected in mid-June. The HP Z4 G6i Workstation is priced at 1,526,580 yen and will be available on May 20. Prices, launch dates, and specifications are subject to change without notice. For professional mobile workstations, HP added the HP ZBook X G2i, HP ZBook 8 G2i, and HP ZBook 8 G2a to its mobile portfolio for professionals who need workstation-class performance in hybrid work. These powerful and lightweight mobile workstations feature next-generation AMD and Intel processors, integrated or discrete graphics, expandable memory, large-capacity batteries, and AI-powered HP Smart Sense 5, delivering up to 1.5 times longer battery life than previous models and next-generation AI workstation performance for hybrid work. The 16-inch mainstream HP ZBook X G2i features an improved cooling system that enables up to NVIDIA RTX PRO 3000 Blackwell graphics and up to 128GB of memory. This helps remove bottlenecks in advanced compute tasks such as rendering, accelerates photorealistic rendering and real-time reviews, and helps architects, engineers, and designers shorten project timelines. The HP ZBook 8 G2i is available in 14-inch and 16-inch chassis options with next-generation Intel Ultra processors and NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPUs, excluding UMA models. It raises system thermal design power by up to 27% without compromising portability, reaching 70W for improved performance. Models with the latest HP Sure View 6 integrated privacy display are also available, improving brightness by 37% over the previous generation while reducing operating power consumption for safer work on the go. The HP ZBook 8 G2a adds a new 16-inch chassis model alongside the 14-inch version. It features next-generation AMD Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series processors and up to 55 TOPS of NPU performance. With AMD Radeon graphics and AMD Software PRO Edition, it can run professional entry-level CAD and design applications stably and comfortably. A new cube-shaped wall-mount GaN adapter is up to 40% smaller and 50% lighter, improving portability. The HP ZBook X G2i 16 inch starts at 816,200 yen and launches in late May; HP ZBook 8 G2i 16 inch starts at 595,100 yen and launches May 14; HP ZBook 8 G2i 14 inch starts at 590,700 yen and launches May 14; HP ZBook 8 G2a 16 inch starts at 578,600 yen and launches in early June; and HP ZBook 8 G2a 14 inch starts at 572,000 yen and launches in early June. Prices, launch dates, and specifications are subject to change without notice. HP is also updating HP Z Boost, a GPU-sharing solution that turns workstations into on-demand shared resources and removes the GPU performance limitations of local devices. Initially introduced for AI workloads, HP Z Boost has now expanded into rendering. By sharing high-performance GPUs installed in host devices on the network, it helps increase GPU utilization and productivity without disrupting creative workflows, such as by requiring files to be moved from a client to a shared rendering device. Customers using HP Z Boost for AI workflows have achieved hundreds of additional AI training runs by sharing GPUs. With support expanded to rendering workflows, early customer deployments have reduced rendering execution time to about one-sixth in applications such as CATIA and Siemens NX by eliminating processes such as moving terminals or reloading data for rendering. HP mobile workstations serve as ideal Boost clients, while HP desktop workstations serve as ideal hosts, creating an ecosystem that provides access to powerful local performance from anywhere. For IT administrators, HP’s expanded Advanced Compute Solutions ecosystem supports a hybrid AI strategy that balances local and cloud computing as organizations reconsider relying solely on the cloud. HP workstations, including HP ZGX Nano and AI workstations, provide scalable, dense local performance for AI inference and fine-tuning while integrating seamlessly into managed IT environments. With support for large models, advanced workstation management, and rack-ready designs, HP enables IT administrators to deliver more control and performance without compromising security or efficiency. As AI workflows evolve beyond inference, customers are beginning to validate agentic systems that can take action across data, tools, and code. New platforms and open-source stacks such as OpenClaw and NVIDIA NemoClaw are accelerating this shift by providing the policies and governance enterprises need to trust AI agents at scale. HP Z workstations provide a reliable, high-performance, future-ready foundation as agentic AI workflows move from experimentation to production, delivering the performance power users require while allowing IT administrators to manage security, data residency, and cost. Beyond workstations, HP’s Z portfolio spans a broader HP technology ecosystem that includes monitors, peripherals, collaboration solutions, large-format printing, and software innovation. These products are designed to remove friction from high-performance workflows and simplify IT management. As part of the broader HP solutions ecosystem, IT administrators can also use the HP Workforce Experience platform to gain comprehensive visibility into device performance, employee feedback, and workplace technology usage.