Chaparral Network Storage Demonstrates Market Leadership with a High Performance RAID Controller for the HDTV Video Server Market.Business/High Tech Editors 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 2000 LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 Industrial Light & Magic Selects Chaparral's Fibre Channel RAID Controller for the Production of First Feature Film Shot Entirely in HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. today announced it has been selected as the sole source to supply Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) with a high performance, fully integrated Fibre Channel RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. . The product was specifically designed to address high performance bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal necessary for HDTV video production. Chaparral, in partnership with Quantum Corporations Hard Disk Drive Group & Storcase, enhanced the design to optimize digital video production for ILM. ILM will provide a demonstration at Siggraph 2000 in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded (July 25 -- 27, booth No. 2043) of this HDTV video server including: digital capture, editing, playback and production of HDTV. The demonstration will take place in Quantum's tradeshow booth in conjunction with Chaparral. ILM's will discuss this solution twice each day at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ILM chose Chaparral's Fibre Channel RAID solution because "ILM strives to offer only the best in production quality," said Gary Meyer, chief engineer of video engineering for ILM. "Every advantage in this competitive market is critical to our on-going success. Chaparral was able to deliver performance and reliability that was timely and cost effective -- essential to this leading-edge application." "The opportunity to develop a unique product for ILM, a leader in digital video production, further strengthens Chaparral's position in the digital content market," said Lorne Wilson, executive director, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales for Chaparral Network Storage. "Chaparral's SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. & Fibre Channel products address the increasing need to move large amounts of data at extremely high speeds in both RAID and Storage Area Network (SAN) applications." About Industrial Light & Magic Founded in 1975 by George Lucas Noun 1. George Lucas - United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944) Lucas , ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for over 120 feature films, including The Perfect Storm, Star Wars: Episode I, Saving Private Ryan, Small Soldiers, Deep Impact, Men In Black, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Twister, Mission: Impossible, Dragonheart, Jumanji, Casper, Forrest Gump, The Mask, Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the Indiana Jones series, and the Star Wars trilogy. ILM has played a key role in 8 of the top 10 worldwide box office hits of all time, winning 14 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and 14 Technical Achievement Awards. Industrial Light & Magic is a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control which also includes Skywalker Sound. About Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. Chaparral is a leading provider of high performance products that facilitate the movement of data between networked storage devices. Chaparral is focused primarily on developing products for use in the emerging market for SANs. Chaparral's Intelligent Storage Routers facilitate the interconnection of SANs with existing SCSI-based servers and storage systems. Chaparral's external RAID controllers distribute data across multiple hard disk drives to increase data transfer speeds and deliver fault tolerance. Chaparral's products are designed to provide a high level of performance, availability and functionality. For additional information about Chaparral Network Storage, Inc. and their products call: Headquarters: 303/684-3200 Western Region: 408/264-1285 European Office: 44/1256-782751 or 44/1344-302200 Or visit our web site at www.chaparralnet.com. |
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