BOXX has launched the RAXX W3, a new 3U rackmount workstation that supports up to four GPUs and Intel Xeon W processors with up to 60 cores. This system is designed for demanding professional workflows, including complex rendering, broadcast graphics, and deep neural network training. The RAXX W3 aims to provide significant computational power for creative and AI-driven video applications.
The RAXX W3 addresses the critical need for localized high-density compute in virtual production and live broadcast environments where cloud latency is prohibitive. By packing 60-core processing and quad-GPU support into a 3U chassis, BOXX provides a specialized alternative to general-purpose servers for real-time rendering and AI model training. This launch reinforces the trend toward 'commodity' AI hardware capable of handling massive neural network datasets locally rather than relying purely on centralized data centers. Competitively, this positions BOXX to capture high-end media workflows as legacy studios upgrade hardware to meet the requirements of generative AI and 8K video pipelines. Watch for adoption rates in professional sports broadcasting and VFX houses requiring rapid local iteration.
BOXX has built the RAXX W3 as part of a broader Xeon W-class product family that spans deskside and rackmount form factors. The RAXX W3 is configured with up to 60 cores, 1 TB of DDR5 memory, and room for GPU farms or network-attached accelerators, positioning it as the rack-density option alongside the deskside APEXX W3 and APEXX W4. The APEXX W4, which shares the same Intel Xeon W-3500 platform, offers identical core counts and GPU capacity in a tower chassis with liquid cooling and a 1600-watt power supply, giving facilities a choice between rack and floor deployment for the same compute profile.
BOXX first introduced the RAXX W3 platform in February 2023 alongside the APEXX W4 upgrade to Intel Xeon W-3400 processors. The company announced that the RAXX W3 was purpose-built to accelerate rendering and simulation in film editing and broadcast production, configurable with up to four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs. Intel's Roger Chandler, vice president and general manager of Creator and Workstation Solutions, stated at the time that the Xeon W processors were designed to accelerate compute-intensive workflows for professional software applications. The current RAXX W3 iteration moves to the Xeon W-3500 series, which Intel specifies at up to 60 cores per socket using advanced EMIB chiplet packaging.
Intel's Xeon W-3500 platform that powers the RAXX W3 delivers up to 2.4 times faster rendering performance compared to prior-generation Xeon W processors, based on Arnold Renderer benchmarks in Autodesk 3ds Max. The processor family supports 8-channel DDR5 memory and 112 PCIe 5.0 lanes, providing the I/O bandwidth needed for multi-GPU configurations and high-speed storage arrays common in broadcast and post-production environments. BOXX has long targeted media and entertainment as a core vertical, with RAXX rack-mounted systems custom-configured for applications including DaVinci Resolve, Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, and Avid, serving major film and television studios, post houses, and VFX facilities.
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