DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the “Shrek” movies and “Kung Fu Panda,” announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies. DreamWorks will use Intel's visual computing products for 3-D animated feature films starting with its “Monsters vs. Aliens” movie, set for domestic release on March 27, 2009, it said.<\/p>\n
\n“The impact of these new chipsets is that it will go from overnight to hours to minutes,” he said. “Within a handful of years — or less, actually — we may achieve the Holy Grail of our business, which is to actually work in real time. So it's actually, literally in the moment of creation, you can see your work.” Some 1,000 workstations and 1,500 server units at DreamWorks Animation will make the switch to Intel chips over the next 18 months, and a team of Intel engineers will fine-tune DreamWorks' proprietary software for use on the new equipment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the “Shrek” movies and “Kung Fu Panda,” announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies. DreamWorks will use Intel's visual computing products for 3-D animated feature films starting with its “Monsters vs. Aliens” movie, set for domestic release on March 27, 2009, it said.<\/p>\n
\n“The impact of these new chipsets is that it will go from overnight to hours to minutes,” he said. “Within a handful of years — or less, actually — we may achieve the Holy Grail of our business, which is to actually work in real time. So it's actually, literally in the moment of creation, you can see your work.” Some 1,000 workstations and 1,500 server units at DreamWorks Animation will make the switch to Intel chips over the next 18 months, and a team of Intel engineers will fine-tune DreamWorks' proprietary software for use on the new equipment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n