Blue Sky Studios exclusively used Angstrom Titan64 SuperBlade rendering servers and Titan64 Creator workstations for ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN. Blue Sky is using the Angstrom Titan64 computers to enable significantly more complex imagery and faster generation of animated features.
Angstrom Microsystems, an AMD Opteron processor specialist, provides blade and workstation solutions uniquely designed for the special effects industry. With a client list that includes the top Hollywood studios in the world, more than 50% of effects driven and animation movies utilize Angstrom technology.
Angstrom offers high performance workstations: 8 AMD Opteron processor cores with dual PCI-Express slots housing two ultra high-end graphics cards with SLI capability. Angstrom computers are powered by AMD Opteron processors and are dual-core enabled for easy performance upgrades.
"Blue Sky Studios is one of the premiere animations houses creating some of the most innovative movies today and Angstrom is proud to be selected as its provider of computing solutions," said Lalit Jain, ceo of Angstrom Microsystems. "Angstrom is utilizing its existing Hollywood market expertise to deliver solutions that are specifically tailored for the creative needs of Blue Sky Studios animators and post-production facilities."
"We feel that Angstrom provided an extremely cost effective solution for our computing needs," said Carl Ludwig cto at Blue Sky Studios. "Angstrom's ability to quickly deliver quality AMD Opteron processor-based blade solutions enabled us to easily manage and expand our growing requirements for the film."
"AMD shares a kindred spirit with leading-edge innovators like Angstrom Microsystems and Blue Sky Studios who seek to liberate the creative artist from traditional technology limitations for the benefit of audiences everywhere, " said Charlie Boswell, director of Digital Media and Ent. at AMD. "AMD Opteron processors powering Angstrom workstation and server solutions allow digital animation and special effects artists to create at the speed of inspiration."
Academy Award-winning Blue Sky Studios became a wholly owned unit of Fox Filmed Ent. in 1997 (a subsidiary of News Corp.). The studio was founded 10 years earlier with a mission to pioneer creatively superior photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation for the feature film, television and entertainment industries.
Angstrom (www.Angstrom.com) is one of the top AMD Opteron processor HPC specialists in the Hollywood visual effects industry. Its customers include Pixar, Lucasfilms, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues and Digital Domain. Angstrom has earned a reputation for quality, service and engineering innovation in the AMD Opteron market. Angstrom has the world's only dual SLI capable GPU blades running FX4500 graphics cards with dual AMD Opteron processors.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
