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AMD now dominating the movie business
According to PC Magazine. Apple, Intel (long gone SGI who used to rule
it) are now almost history. AMD powered servers do much of the work in movie FX and animation. |
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AMD now dominating the movie business
ummm - soooo most of the systems in the movie industry are used for FX and
animation? I work for a video production location - I can say only about our environment but we have about half mac, half intel. I like AMD and would gladly by them but since I'm not a fanboy, I don't make generalizations about all the industry or make inferences on such a grandiose scale. Most video production facilities have A display in house that is greater than 50" - so can I infer that most production houses don't have any 20" screens? Can I infer that 50+" screens DOMINATE the video production facilities? wrote in message oups.com... According to PC Magazine. Apple, Intel (long gone SGI who used to rule it) are now almost history. AMD powered servers do much of the work in movie FX and animation. |
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AMD now dominating the movie business
If you want to argue, speak to the magazine editors. According to
them, banks of Opteron-powered servers (in one case, 3000 of them at one company) are driving the business. |
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"Rich" wrote in message oups.com... If you want to argue, speak to the magazine editors. According to them, banks of Opteron-powered servers (in one case, 3000 of them at one company) are driving the business. The majority of animation studios in Hollywood have converted to HP workstations using AMD Opteron processors. The reasons are quite simple; the new Opteron based workstations perform at or above the level of the workstations they replaced (such as Silicon Graphics), they are a fraction of the cost, and they are much more upgradeable and scalable than the workstations they replaced. Intel has fallen out of favor for several reasons. First, Intel does not make a processor that can compete with the Opteron on a "bang for the buck" basis. The cost of an Intel based workstation of less power is quite significantly higher than say an HP 9300. The cost per hour to operate and cool the Intel is also significantly higher. What is driving the shift is that AMD makes a fast, efficient easily upgradeable platform, while Intel continues to build their workstations the way they always have, which means they are not easily upgradeable, and they are much more costly than AMD. Personally, I commend AMD for the strides they have made. While Intel huffs and puffs and continues to churn out the same old stuff, AMD has quietly implemented new technology that provides real world benefits. Bobby |
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On Mon, 22 May 2006 14:02:47 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
wrote: "Rich" wrote in message roups.com... If you want to argue, speak to the magazine editors. According to them, banks of Opteron-powered servers (in one case, 3000 of them at one company) are driving the business. The majority of animation studios in Hollywood have converted to HP workstations using AMD Opteron processors. The reasons are quite simple; the new Opteron based workstations perform at or above the level of the workstations they replaced (such as Silicon Graphics), they are a fraction of the cost, and they are much more upgradeable and scalable than the workstations they replaced. Intel has fallen out of favor for several reasons. First, Intel does not make a processor that can compete with the Opteron on a "bang for the buck" basis. The cost of an Intel based workstation of less power is quite significantly higher than say an HP 9300. The cost per hour to operate and cool the Intel is also significantly higher. What is driving the shift is that AMD makes a fast, efficient easily upgradeable platform, while Intel continues to build their workstations the way they always have, which means they are not easily upgradeable, and they are much more costly than AMD. Personally, I commend AMD for the strides they have made. While Intel huffs and puffs and continues to churn out the same old stuff, AMD has quietly implemented new technology that provides real world benefits. Bobby Intel ended when Andy Grove stopped being the CEO. They spend a lot of money on advertising, so they control what the popular press says about them. Most people can figure it out though. |
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AMD now dominating the movie business
If someone were to write a book about Intel, a chronology of their time
in the processor business from the inception of the 8088 to now, it would be a comedy. For those of us who have watched their incompetence and disgusting illegal machinations in the business since then, we understand why people (except for idiots, paid-off whores like Dell (though even they are capitulating) and starch-shirted corporate techies) are now looking to alternatives. |
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AMD now dominating the movie business
Rich wrote:
If someone were to write a book about Intel, a chronology of their time in the processor business from the inception of the 8088 to now, it would be a comedy. For those of us who have watched their incompetence and disgusting illegal machinations in the business since then, we understand why people (except for idiots, paid-off whores like Dell (though even they are capitulating) and starch-shirted corporate techies) are now looking to alternatives. If you're interested in stuff like this, a really interesting read is Accidental Empires by Robert X Cringely. It basically gives the history of how most of the big companies in Silicon Valley came about and some of the dubious practices they used! |
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AMD now dominating the movie business
I'll check it out. Intel is due in court over the Dell bribery stuff.
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AMD now dominating the movie business
On 24 May 2006 18:20:04 -0700, "Rich" wrote:
I'll check it out. Intel is due in court over the Dell bribery stuff. I'm sure Intel still qualifies for a "get out of jail free" card due to their DRM hardware built right into their dual core CPU's. |
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