Archive for November, 2008

NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) and Cray (Nasdaq GM: CRAY) today announced the availability of NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Computing processors in the new Cray CX1 line of supercomputers. With “ease-of-everything” features and the ability to fit into a standard office setting, the Cray CX1 product reflects NVIDIA and Cray’s goal to drive high productivity computing solutions into a broad array of markets including financial services, oil and gas, life sciences, government and academic. more

Bull, a leading supplier of high performance computing (HPC) technologies, is partnering with NVIDIA to provide the Tesla™ S1070 GPU Computing System as the accelerator option for their HPC solutions. With this announcement, HPC customers in Europe can now get integrated solutions and services from Bull that combine Tesla GPU Computing solutions with Bull’s range of other products for HPC. more

Today, scientific research is carried out on supercomputing clusters, a shared resource that consumes hundreds of kilowatts of power and costs millions of dollars to build and maintain. As a result, researchers must fight for time on these resources, slowing their work and delaying results. NVIDIA and its worldwide partners today announced the availability of the GPU-based Teslaâ„¢ Personal Supercomputer, which delivers the equivalent computing power of a cluster, at 1/100th of the price and in a form factor of a standard desktop workstation. more

Majority of This Season’s Most Popular Shows Benefit from Visual Effects Technology

This year’s fall television schedule features content created with the full range of Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) entertainment solutions. From Mad Men and Sons of Anarchy; to NCIS, Entourage, Smallville, Pushing Daisies and Stargate: Atlantis; TV programs are advancing creativity through Autodesk Media & Entertainment technology. more

Acquisition Complements Autodesk’s 3D Animation Portfolio

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Softimage – a developer of 3D technology for the film, television and games markets – for approximately $35 million. On October 23, 2008, Autodesk announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Softimage from Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID). more

AUSTIN, TX, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 — When Sakana Film Productions, an Austin, TX-based production company, organized a trip to Tokyo as part of its documentary on sushi, entitled, “FISH: Sushi as a Global Cuisine�,� the crew knew they would be taking along Holophone’s® H4 SuperMINI camera-mountable surround microphone to capture the full splendor of the Tsukiji, the world’s largest fish market. more

The second plugin package in the Simulate series mimics camera and projection artifacts

Wilmington, NC – November 19, 2008 – Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it has shipped Simulate: Camera, a plugin package offering a specialized collection of effects for mimicking camera and projection artifacts. All Digieffects plugins support Adobe CS4. more

Santa Fe Springs, CA. Nov 18, 2008 – Enhance Technology, a provider of enterprise and SMB storage solutions, proudly joins VMware’s Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Together, Enhance Technology and VMware bring a combined knowledge of storage and virtualization to provide a high performance, scalable, and flexible solution for enterprise and SMB. more

Media & Entertainment Veteran Joins Global Connectivity Leader

London, UK / Los Angeles, CA, Nov 18, 2008 — Sohonet, the experts in high speed data workflow for the global entertainment industry announced today the addition of post production industry veteran, Richard Linecar in the new position of International Sales Manager. Richard’s role with Sohonet includes overseeing sales, business development and marketing for the company’s high-bandwidth data management services and production workflow consulting. more

The Brief:

Russell Bates of Crossroads directs a quirky :60 spec concerning the traumatizing addiction to killing clowns. Yes, that’s right, face-painted, balloon-toting, clumsy-mannered clowns.

As the spot opens, a man perched on the front stoop of his building recalls his experience with this all-consuming obsession. We see him at his most vulnerable, rock-bottom state, recounting his heinous exploits with an unsettlingly calm demeanor. Yet mixed in with his remorse is the pride that comes with being an expert, an authority in the field. This guy’s a little too nostalgic for his dark past. It seems his only hope lies at Horizons Treatment Center. more