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Leonard
06-16-2003, 09:07 AM
Caught this off our favourite nerd site, Slashdot, which linked to an article on The New Zealand Herald.

"Peter Jackson's special-effects company Weta Digital is reaching deep into its chest of high-tech sword and sorcery to complete the final instalment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King.

It has just taken delivery of 588 IBM blade servers, each with two 2.8 gigahertz Intel Xeon processors, in a deal which on list prices would be approaching $5 million."

The full story here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3507549&thesection=business&thesubsection=technology

L.
Doogie
06-16-2003, 12:14 PM
I think pyro got it first (with a missnamed thread) :p

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69794

I can't wait to see Weta put 'em to good use
Array
06-16-2003, 06:23 PM
wow...I hope they have some kind of deal going with Pixar in terms of PRMan liscencing fees :surprised
leigh
06-17-2003, 03:33 AM
Originally posted by Array
wow...I hope they have some kind of deal going with Pixar in terms of PRMan liscencing fees :surprised

LOL good point :surprised
dmeyer
06-17-2003, 03:54 AM
Originally posted by Array
wow...I hope they have some kind of deal going with Pixar in terms of PRMan liscencing fees :surprised

Just G.R.U.N.T. it :airguitar
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