Pixar Eclipses Sun with Linux/Intel

lieutenant writes "Pixar Animation Studios is replacing servers from Sun in its render farm with eight new blade servers from Rackspace. In all, the blade system contains 1,024 Intel 2.8GHz Xeon processors, and it runs the open-source Linux operating system. Pixar has ported its Renderman software to run on Linux." I'd love to see their electric bill ;)

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Power

[tiktok]

With that type of processing power, they should be able to calculate to infinity...and beyond.

Re: For Around...

[Black Parrot]

> > For around $25,000 you too can make Pixar quality movies

> ...plus the several million $ for the creative talent!

And if that's too expensive you can forgo the creative talent and make Star Wars prequels!

There are 10 types of people in the world...

[phreakmonkey]

... I guess we know which one you are.

Stages of a SUN Microsystems

[digitalgimpus]

1982 - born in Nebula - incorporated with 4 employees

1984 - protostar - NFS is introduced

1995 - main sequence begins - Java Released

1996 - red giant - Using Java technology, NASA engineers develop an interactive application allowing anyone on the Internet to be a "virtual participant" in the space administration's groundbreaking mission to Mars.

SUPERNOVA - Sun battles MS over Java and Windows

Blackhole - TODAY!

References:
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/coinfo/history.html

The word is 'replace'

[BollocksToThis]

I just eclipsed Windows with Linux on my home system.

I just eclipsed my old toothbrush with a new one.

I just eclipsed the shit in my ass-crack with toilet paper.

Now, don't I sound FUCKING STUPID? Yes, I do.