Comments on: The Data-Crunching Powerhouse Behind ‘Avatar’

By: science by robertlong - Pearltrees

science by robertlong - Pearltrees — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:08:39 +0000

[...] [...] The Data-Crunching Powerhouse Behind ‘Avatar’ For the last month or more of production those 40,000 processors were handling 7 or 8 gigabytes of data per second, running 24 hours a day. A final copy of Avatar equated to 17.28 gigabytes per minute of storage. The Data-Crunching Powerhouse Behind 'Avatar' » Data Center Knowledge [...]

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:31:30 +0000

I thought they just use a powerful computer and some sort of software to do animation.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Mon, 30 May 2011 22:56:34 +0000

Mega machine a true monster, must have been a lot of power being pumped in the making of Avtar.

By: ahmed

ahmed — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:15:13 +0000

auwsum … totally kool. now i know from where do dey get dose special effects

By: Davy

Davy — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:12:11 +0000

It feels surreal that all this happens a few blocks from where I live. I’m from Wellington New Zealand, and I know a few people who work at Weta. Of course they can’t disclose any information to me, so it’s just amazing to finally see what tech they have there.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:56:10 +0000

[...] naar Yottabyte (1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 bytes). Oftewel de enorme toename van data met Avatar als [...]

By: Bas Mulder

Bas Mulder — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:56:08 +0000

If that server is generating that much heat, why is the guy in the picture wearing a beanie? Just kidding, massive cpu power 4 teh w1n.

Now lets run SETI on it.

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:59:43 +0000

Very impressive numbers, like 107 TB of ram… I cry over 12 gigs for $300 and they have 107 TB lol. The processing speed is crazy; as well as, the staggering numbers on the size of the movie, 7TB per minute? How do they deliver the movie? In a box full of hard drives, lol

By: Michael Helweg

Michael Helweg — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:35:27 +0000

Hey Fellas!!! Quick Question, know your busy and all… Do you think when your done with that movie thingy – maybe I could use it for awhile? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME

By: The computing power that created Avatar - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

The computing power that created Avatar - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:22:23 +0000

[...] start a discussion about this movie and the rendering needed/ the computers needed to render this. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/a…behind-avatar/ __________________ We Are Gr33n Machine We Are PhenomIsts! [...]