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少し前のプレスリリースですが:
"Cerelink Signs Agreement with DreamWorks Animation to Use
Cloud Computing for Motion Picture Rendering in New Mexico"
July 27, 2010
http://www.cerelink.com/release4.htm
"Cerelink, Inc., a New Mexico Cloud Computing company, and DreamWorks
Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) have signed a multi-year agreement
to use on-demand, 'elastic cloud computing' to render DreamWorks
Animation motion picture projects. Cerelink has deployed a significant
number of computer servers in New Mexico to meet DreamWorks' demand
for computer generated imagery (CGI) rendering."
ちなみに使用する HPCは以下で紹介した Encanto Supercomputerです
[san-tech][02030] 米ニューメキシコ州の HPC
> New Mexico's Supercomputer (NMCAC)
> http://newmexicosupercomputer.com/
> Encanto
> http://newmexicosupercomputer.com/encanto.html
> http://newmexicosupercomputer.com/pdf/nmcac-diagram.pdf
> http://newmexicosupercomputer.com/pdf/encanto-design-document.pdf
> Capable of 172 trillion calculations per second!
> * SGI Altix ICE 8200 cluster with a peak theoretical performance of
> 172 TFlops (Rpeak) and 133 TFLops sustained (Rmax)
> * 1,792 nodes each with dual 3.0 GHz quad core Intel Xeon processors
> * 28.7 TB of local memory (2GB/core)
> * Luster filesystem with 10 GB/sec bandwidth for parallel IO and storage
> * NFS filesystem for persistent data storage
> * Connectivity to National Lambda Rail
> National Lambda Rail, The Network for Advanced Research and Innovation
> http://www.nlr.net/
Cerelink
http://www.cerelink.com/index.htm
"Cerelink is a cloud computing provider to the motion picture industry.
We provide private clouds for rendering and for other content creation/
management applications."
News and Press Releases
http://www.cerelink.com/news.htm
National Lambda Rail経由だと
New Mexico to Los Angeles : 17ms
New Mexico to San Francisco: 28ms
Accessing a Secure, Ultra Fast Advanced Network
http://www.cerelink.com/advanced-network.htm
で "click here"
http://www.cerelink.com/rail.htm
National Lambda Rail, The Network for Advanced Research and Innovation
http://www.nlr.net/
New Mexico州は映画制作をバックアップしています
new mexico's film incentives
http://www.nmfilm.com/filming/incentives/
"New Mexico offers a 25% tax rebate on all production expenditures
(including New Mexico labor) that are subject to taxation by the
State of New Mexico. This is a refund, not a credit."
※Cerelinkによると renderingも productionに含まれるとなっています。
new mexico state film office
http://www.nmfilm.com/index.php
※日本でもデータセンターでのリンダリング特区なんて良さそうですがね。
"DreamWorks signs cloud computing deal"
28th July 2010, The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/28/cerelink_dreamworks/
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