TechTree: HP technology reportedly assisted DreamWorks Animation SKG in creating the recently-released animated film, "Over the Hedge".
The servers, workstations, and Halo collaboration studios that were required to create this computer-generated (CG) film were delivered by HP.
Lighting and special effects for the film were created using HP xw9300 workstations and ProLiant DL145G2 servers, powered by Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors.
Apparently, these systems offered enhanced computing power as compared to DreamWorks Animation's previous generation of systems, thereby helping artists to work on multiple scenes simultaneously.
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