April 21, 2004
Angstrom Microsystems, an AMD Opteron
processor specialist company, is announcing the deployment of Titan64
SuperBlade™ rendering servers at
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a Lucasfilm Ltd. company. These blade
servers are powered by AMD Opteron processors to provide maximum performance
and ease the growth of the rendering server farm. ILM is using the Titan64
SuperBlade servers to enable significantly more complex and faster generation
of movie visual effects.
A Titan64 SuperBlade rack maximizes processing
density by packing 65 blade servers with space for 10 switches and other
networking gear into one rack. Quality is a hallmark of Angstrom Microsystems;
its blade servers are designed to minimize failures by, among other design
features, blade cooling without the use of small, fragile fans and
blowers.
"We have been very pleased by the quality of the Titan64
SuperBlade servers and Angstrom's exceptional service," said Martin Weaver,
Manager of Systems Engineering at Industrial Light & Magic. "Angstrom's
engineering focus and ability to deliver quality AMD Opteron systems have
enabled us to focus on our core business - creating industry leading visual
effects."
"Angstrom's unique engineering capabilities have made
rendering highly reliable and enabled rapid deployment of our Titan64
SuperBlade render farm," said Eric Bermender, Systems R&D Engineer at
ILM.
The Angstrom Titan64 product line takes advantage of the AMD
Opteron processor's 64-bit computing power. With the AMD Opteron, Angstrom
enables faster special effects generation and a smooth transition from older
32-bit software.
"The AMD Opteron processor enables high performance
computing for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Our engineers have removed
many of the failure points that typically occur in large scale deployments of
our AMD Opteron processor enabled blades," said Lalit Jain, CEO of Angstrom
Microsystems, "Angstrom is proud to announce its selection by the premiere
visual effects house, Industrial Light & Magic."
"Angstrom
Microsystems has once again shown their leadership in the special effects
rendering market with the addition of ILM as their client," said Ben Williams,
director of Server and Workstation Marketing at AMD. "Angstrom provides AMD
Opteron customers a unique combination of quality, service and engineering that
enables highly scalable custom blade server solutions."
Contact
Information:
Paroula Kodomanolis
Angstrom
Microsystems
(617)695-0137 x 10
paroula@angstrom.com
About
Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a
Lucasfilm Ltd. company serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry
for visual effects. ILM has been awarded 14 Academy Awards for Best Visual
Effects and received 17 Scientific and Technical Achievement
Awards.
About Angstrom Microsystems
Angstrom has recently
announced the worl'd first and world's densest 4-processor AMD Opteron
processor-based blade server: the Titan64 QuadraBlade. Angstrom Microsystems
(www.angstrom.com) specializes in the design and manufacturing of AMD
Opteron™ processor-based blade servers
and workstations. Its rendering customers include Rhythm & Hues, Pixar and
Industrial Light & Magic. Angstrom has earned a reputation for quality,
service, and engineering innovation in the server space. Its high performance
AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon™
processor-based blade servers lead the industry in quality, price and
performance.
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