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A Look at the Dark Side of the Force

By On March 30, 2011 · 3 Comments

When I go to San Francisco, I head over to the west side of town to peer through the closed gates of the hidden campus of Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) dreaming of catching a glimpse of the magic.  Recently Arik Hesseldahl, from All Things Digital, accomplished my dream and had a [...]

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Yet Another Win for HP Blades, but Why?

By On May 3, 2010 · 21 Comments

I heard a rumour on Friday that HP has been chosen by another animated movie studio to provide the blade servers to render an upcoming movie. To recount the movies that have used / are using HP blades:

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Weta Digital, Production House for AVATAR, Donates IBM Blade Servers to Schools

By On January 25, 2010 · 4 Comments

Weta Digital, the digital production house that designed the hit movie AVATAR recently donated about 300 IBM HS20 blade servers to Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua which will use them to help teach students how to create 3-D animations. The IBM HS20 blade servers were originally bought to produce special effects for [...]

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The Hit Movie, AVATAR Processed on HP Blade Servers

By On January 4, 2010 · 24 Comments

Since the hit movie AVATAR surpassed the $1 Billion Revenue mark this weekend I thought it would be interesting to post some information about how the movie was put together – especially since the hardware behind the magic was the HP BL2x220c.

According to an article from information-management.com, AVATAR [...]

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