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 Alias 64-bit mental ray Standalone now shipping on Linux Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
Date: Fri Jun 24 2005
Toronto, Canada � June 24, 2005 � As the initial part of its greater 64-bit
plan, Alias is shipping mental ray� Standalone 3.4 64-bit, which is fully
compatible with the Maya� 6.5 software. The 64-bit software offers faster
processing times, and the ability to create and accurately render more
complex scenes and images for film, games, broadcast, digital publishing and
design visualization.
�This is an important first step in our plans to deliver a new Maya-based
product that taps the power of 64-bit hardware; an alpha version is
currently being evaluated at several leading studios,� said Kevin Tureski,
director of engineering for Maya at Alias.
The mental ray Standalone product and the adapting of Maya software to run
optimally in 64-bit mode have been the focus of extensive customer-driven
development efforts at Alias in cooperation with industry leaders, such as
HP�, Microsoft�, Red Hat�, Intel� and AMD�.
�Maya is a key element of our 3D pipeline so we jumped on the opportunity to
evaluate a 64-bit version,� said Nick Cannon, head of technology, film at
The Moving Picture Company. �So far, we've been really impressed with what
we've been able to do with it and we are excited about this quantum leap
forward in performance and model detail.�
mental ray Standalone from Alias leverages the expanded capabilities of
64-bit hardware. Rolf Herken, CEO and CTO of mental images, says the
additional addressable memory space dramatically improves performance for
large scenes. �This can lead to speed improvements of up to two orders of
magnitude (100x) over 32-bit machines and absolute execution times in the
order of minutes rather than days for global illumination rendering of
scenes with several hundred million triangles on dual and quad processor
machines with 8GB to 16GB of physical memory. We expect this to finally make
virtual cinematography a practical reality.�
"We're very pleased to see the 64-bit version of mental ray Standalone and
the corresponding shader libraries being made available by Alias to the Maya
community," added Herken.
In addition to the ability to render massive scenes, the 64-bit version of
mental ray Standalone offers quality and control. Production facilities can
take advantage of its complete programmability to create custom shaders and
produce any desired rendering effect. Physically accurate lighting through
global illumination means that advanced lighting effects, indirect lighting,
light focusing, translucency, glossy reflectors and radiosity can be
achieved and combined automatically.
Hardware and Operating System combinations supported by 64-bit mental ray
Standalone are: Enterprise Linux WS 3 (x86_64) and SUSE� 9.1 (x86_64),
running on Intel EM64T, AMD Opteron�, or AMD Athlon� 64 processors. Support
for the Windows� XP operating platform is expected.
About Alias
As the world�s leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias develops
software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial
design, automotive, architecture and visualization markets. Alias has
headquarters in Toronto and a custom development center in Santa Barbara
with offices worldwide. Please visit the Alias web site at www.alias.com or
call 1-800-447-2542 in North America. International contact numbers include:
Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, +44 (0) 1494 441273; Germany, East
& Southeast Europe, 0049 89 31 70 20; France, Spain and Portugal, +33 1 44
92 81 60; Italy, 39 039 6340011; Japan and other parts of Asia Pacific, 81 3
5797 3500 and Latin America, 770 393 1881.
� Copyright 2005. Alias Systems Corp. All Rights Reserved. Alias, the swirl
logo, Can You Imagine logo and Maya are registered trademarks, and the Maya
logo is a trademark of Alias Systems Corp. mental ray is a registered
trademark of mental images GmbH & CO. KG. HP is a registered trademark of
Hewlett-Packard Development Company. Microsoft and Windows are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Intel is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AMD is a registered trademark,
and Opteron and Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Linux
is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. SUSE is a trademark of SUSE
LINUX Products GmbH. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property
of their respective owners.
Related Links: Alias Inc. website
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