Weta Prepares to Render LOTR: ROTK

Dee Arsmith writes "Peter Jackson's special-effects company Weta Digital has just taken delivery of 588 IBM blade servers, each with two 2.8 gigahertz Intel Xeon processors. Seven racks of IBM blade servers have been added to Weta's existing 15-rack server cluster to make up the largest Intel-based high- performance computer site in the world with more than 2000 linked processors. The cluster will be used to render the frames drawn by the animators to complete the final installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King."

Comments

Worth a slashdot story?

[Lothar]

I might be wrong here and ruin my carma but come on guys! This is not worth a slashdot story. Get it together!

Personally though I can't wait for ROTK to come out.... drool. And those servers are sweet.

Looks like the're not afraid of SCO

[Angry White Guy]

When will they get their letter?

Use #1532 for 2000+ Processor Cluster

[crashnbur]

Utilize various algorithms and advanced logic to scan every line of code of every Microsoft product in order to rid them of all loopholes, bugs, and general imperfections.

Man, I wouldn't mind having just one of their workstations, let alone a 2000-processor cluster for rendering a battle for Middle-Earth. Is it too late to place my bets for Gandalf and the boys?