Only Personal Workstation with Eight Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors; Engineered To Maximize Productivity for VFX Professionals Only Personal Workstation with Eight Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors; Engineered To Maximize Productivity for VFX Professiona

BOXX ® Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance workstations and render nodes, today announced it is now shipping BOXX APEXX˙ 8, a personal workstation specifically designed to maximize productivity of visual effects professionals. With an unprecedented eight Dual-Core AMD Opteron˙ processors, this new super-workstation is capable of working in full 2K film resolution and has enough memory (up to 128GB) to work in real-time on extremely large files. With superior performance across 16 processing cores, the APEXX 8 offers a level of graphics computing previously only attainable on high-end Unix/RISC-based workstations.
BOXX will unveil the APEXX 8 during the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) at the ProMax booth, SL 534, April 24 ˆ 27, 2006.
"The BOXX APEXX 8 inaugurates the era of the super-workstation designed for cutting-edge digital content creation," said Francois Wolf, director of marketing at BOXX Technologies. "With APEXX 8 it is now possible to work on full 2K resolution, 10-bit digital intermediates (DI) with ease. This allows colorists to get real-time feedback on color and timing choices which will significantly transform the way they approach their work."
Based on the innovative integration of non-proprietary PC technologies, BOXX APEXX 8 is designed to optimize the performance of today‚s professional animation, modeling and effects software. Featuring cutting-edge, VFX relevant PC technologies, BOXX APEXX 8 is designed to optimize the performance of today‚s professional animation, modeling and effects software. Featuring next-generation Hyper-Transport˙ technology and integrated Memory Controllers in each Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor, APEXX 8 delivers outstanding performance scaling across 16 cores; its 128GB of memory plus incredibly fast data interconnect between CPUs make it one of the fastest 64-bit graphics workstations currently available. The APEXX 8‚s extraordinary system architecture is delivered in a quiet and compact tower chassis that can accommodate a great range of storage configurations including 7+ TB of local storage for instant access to large CG files, and blazing fast I/O for high bandwidth add-on cards.
"AMD seeks to work with innovative companies like BOXX who share a desire to deliver solutions to creative artists and producers that remove traditional technology limitations and transform the creative process," said Charlie Boswell, director of Digital Media and Entertainment for AMD. "The BOXX APEXX 8 workstation based on Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors is simply the world‚s most powerful x86-based artist workstation providing a virtual render farm on the artist‚s desktop."
Pricing and Availability
APEXX 8 is available now through BOXX and its worldwide network of resellers. BOXX offers flexible financing options, and APEXX 8 is backed by the company‚s renowned technical support which ensures that users always get the most out of their investment.