Blue Sky Studios, a Fox™ Entertainment company announced the release of Ice Age “The Meltdown”, a computer animated feature film. Angstrom Titan64 SuperBlade™ rendering servers and Titan64 Creator™ workstations were used exclusively for the creation of this movie. Angstrom computers are powered by AMD Opteron™ processors to provide maximum performance while minimizing power requirements. Blue Sky Studios 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, over 50% of special effect and animation movies utilize Angstrom technology.
Angstrom offers high performance workstations: 8 AMD Opteron™ processor cores with dual PCI-Express slots housing 2 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 Angtrom provided an extremely cost effective solution for our computing needs,” said Carl Ludwig Chief Technology Officer 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 Entertainment 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.”