How do Pixar artists get from vision to next version faster?
The faster the work moves, the sooner the vision can come to life
Pixar artists have brought the world some of the most memorable stories of the modern era, redefining animation and setting an almost impossibly high bar for the next generation of digital dreamers and storytellers. But each new world starts with a single idea, with artists and experts then working to bring that vision to life.
But it’s not just about dreaming—there’s work to be done, too. The faster the work moves, the more time teams can spend with the art. This is why Pixar artists love Supermicro + AMD. From early previz to final playthrough, workflows move with greater speed and confidence. From desk-side to data center, Pixar artists get superior creative velocity in everything they do.
These stories come to life in amazing ways, just like the collaboration between Pixar, Supermicro, and AMD. Watch the video to see what happens when technology and talent come together in the best possible ways.
Creating > waiting: see Supermicro + AMD performance in action
From rough ideas and early previz renders through final publishing, more speed in the tools means more time with the art. When it comes to performance across critical content and media creation tools, more power means getting the work done faster. This is why artists and experts who want to spend less time waiting and more time creating choose Supermicro + AMD. Supermicro solutions with AMD are designed to put more power in the tools, giving teams more time with the art. It sounds good—but it looks even better in action.
Watch RenderMan help teams work faster and smarter through a single render of lighting effects.
See how both RIS and XPU renderers get accelerated.
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The performance demands of professional content creation tools continue to skyrocket, especially as applications get more sophisticated. This means that files are getting larger, processes are getting more complex, and audience expectations are higher than ever. Getting talented artists and experts unified around a creative vision is the fun part—then it’s on to the hard work.
Luckily, Supermicro solutions with AMD can make the hard work easier, letting the experts stay focused on being creative, not waiting on processes to finish or files to arrive. From lightning-fast desktop performance to robust edge-to-edge compute and storage solutions for the data center, entertainment giants like Pixar know Supermicro + AMD can deliver technology that helps teams move at the speed of creativity.
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The studios of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) are famous for bringing the world unforgettable stories told with unmatched creative skill. From immersive world-building to breakthrough visual effects, every ILM story is touched by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of experts.
Bringing all these talents together, with many working remotely or on hybrid sets, takes a special kind of culture—and a better kind of technology. Thanks to a powerful, purpose-built Supermicro + AMD digital creation and collaboration platform, ILM teams can render faster, collaborate easier, and create with greater freedom. No matter if they’re working locally or via virtualization, magic keeps moving.
This all makes the story about the storytelling especially compelling. Listen to ILM artists and specialists talk about what makes the collaboration with Supermicro so fundamental to their work.
ILM artists and experts create and collaborate across a variety of tasks and locations, with everyone carefully moving their piece of the magic forward. This requires simple, effortless collaboration and the ability to quickly move large files and datasets. To do it all, they trust Supermicro solutions powered by AMD EPYC™ and Threadripper™ processors, for continuous dependable performance from desk-side workstations to data center racks.
ILM artists are telling their stories like only they can. And that happens with the performance that only Supermicro solutions-optimized products can deliver, from the unmatched desktop capabilities of the 4U AMD Threadripper™ processor-based workstation to the robust memory and I/O of three, dynamic server and storage AMD EPYC™ platforms.
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