Angstrom Microsystems Appoints Rhythm & Hues Vice President of Technology Mark A. Brown to Its Board of Advisors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 2002 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Industry Expert to Lend His Knowledge to High-Performance Computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. Provider Angstrom angstrom (ăng`strəm), abbr. Å, unit of length equal to 10−10 meter (0.0000000001 meter); it is used to measure the wavelengths of visible light and of other forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as ultraviolet Microsystems, a leading provider of high-end rackmount server technologies, today announced that Vice President of Technology for Rhythm & Hues Studios, Mark A. Brown, has been appointed to Angstrom's Board of Advisors. Under Mark Brown's direction, Rhythm & Hues Studios, one of the largest privately held visual effects houses in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has successfully created visual effects and animation for a list of box office winners, among them "Scooby Doo", "Harry Potter", and "The Lord of the Rings". Rhythm & Hues Studios has won numerous awards for its film and advertising creations, including the Academy Award winning "Babe" and the popular Coca Cola Noun 1. Coca Cola - Coca Cola is a trademarked cola Coke cola, dope - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) (TM) "Polar Bears polar bear, large white bear, Ursus maritimus, formerly Thalarctos maritimus, of the coasts of arctic North America. Polar bears usually live on drifting pack ice, but sometimes wander long distances inland. ". Prior to joining Rhythm & Hues, Mark Brown was the Director of Research, Development & Systems and Associate Dean for Information Technology at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Brown is a member of the Visual Effects Society The Visual Effects Society (VES) is the entertainment industry's only organization representing the full breadth of visual effects practitioners including artists, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in all and has been a key advocate of the use of Linux for visual effect production and has spoken at several of their technical summits. "I have always been passionate about computers. My relationship with Angstrom began as its customer. In a market full of garden-variety server providers, Angstrom's products and people stood out," said Mark Brown. "During the production of Scooby Doo, our existing systems needed an upgrade in performance. Using Angstrom servers, we substantially improved our productivity, and achieved record render times in the production of Scooby Doo. Its systems also performed flawlessly in the recent productions of Men in Black II and The Sum of All Fears. Angstrom's support is excellent and so are the products. Its future looks bright under the continued direction of Founder & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Lalit Jain, who is both an adroit business leader and a technology visionary. I am indeed pleased about my appointment to the Board and look forward to working with him and the group of remarkably talented individuals at Angstrom." "Mark Brown is often regarded as an 'industry spokesperson' in the rendering space," said Angstrom CEO Lalit Jain. "His vast experience and his intimate familiarity of the end-to-end needs of the industry, rendering systems, and Linux will be a tremendous asset to our Board of Advisors, and will do much to benefit Angstrom's goal of being a market leader in entertainment systems." About Angstrom Microsystems (www.angstrom.com) Angstrom Microsystems is a provider of leading-edge high performance computing solutions with deployments worldwide. Focused on the entertainment industry and scientific computing, Angstrom designs its servers for flawless 24x7 operations. Angstrom systems' superior density, cooling, and user-friendly server management software drive computing performance and reliability while reducing total cost of ownership. Angstrom has a proven track record of quality and a reputation of satisfying high-profile clients and demanding needs. |
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