BERLIN, November 29, 2004
BFC Berliner Film Companie
Productions GmbH has retained Boston-based Angstrom Microsystems as prime
service provider for its upcoming slate of animated feature films, it was
announced today by Rainer Soehnlein, Chief Executive Officer of BFC Berliner
Film Companie Group, and Lalit Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Angstrom
Microsystems.
Angstrom Microsystems is the prime service provider for a
wide range of companies, including Industrial Light and Magic and Rhythm and
Hues. Angstrom partners with AMD™ to provide its Hollywood clients with
the highest density ultra-unique solutions and expertise.
For BFC,
Angstrom will provide a turnkey solution that includes 250 QuadraBlade servers
(1000 AMD Opteron™ processors), 40TB of storage, all workstations,
networking and expertise in designing a data center for full animation
rendering while supporting the large IT infrastructure for its full-length
animated features.
"We're delighted to be partnered with BFC in this new
arrangement," commented Mr. Jain. "BFC has a reputation for quality and
innovation and our services will provide significant support for their creative
process."
"Entering the league of industry leaders like Pixar™ and
ILM™ is both exciting and a little bit daunting," said BFC CEO Rainer
Soehnlein. "It's an honor, but it's also an obligation to live up to a high
standard of art and craft. We're prepared to meet that standard, and we know we
can count on Angstrom to help us achieve our goals. We hope that we can count
on finding creative partners throughout the entertainment industry who want to
achieve the highest quality in CGI animation and special effects without having
to make the investment necessary for a proprietary system."
Angstrom
Microsystems (www.angstrom.com) specializes in the design and manufacturing of
Opteron processor-based blade servers and workstations. Its current clients
include, Digital Domain™, Pixar Animation Studios (Finding Nemo), National
Institutes of Health and Matsushita (Japan). Angstrom has earned a reputation
for quality, service, and engineering innovation in the server space. Its high
performance AMD Opteron and AMD processor-based blade servers lead the industry
in quality, price and performance.
BFC Berliner Film Companie GmbH was
formed in 2002 to develop and produce animation for television and feature
films. Working with America's top creators, producers, and directors, BFC has
established a unique American-style production company in the heart of
cosmopolitan Berlin, along with a office in Los Angeles to maintain a constant
presence in the center of the U.S. entertainment industry. BFC is affiliated
with Dresdner Allianz Group, one of the leading financial powerhouses in the
world.
Contact Information:
Paul Nichols
The Lippin
Group
(323) 965-1990
pnichols@lippingroup.com |
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