Death Star (ILM)
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The Death Star is the name of the render-farm owned by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). It is a cluster computer originally built by SGI
. Since then, it has been converted into a Linux
system built by RackSaver (now Verari Systems) with AMD processors. The system originally had 1,500 processors in 750 nodes, this figure was double for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
. ILM tends to be quiet about their supercomputer, so its current configuration is not known.
Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
. Since then, it has been converted into a Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
system built by RackSaver (now Verari Systems) with AMD processors. The system originally had 1,500 processors in 750 nodes, this figure was double for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is a 2005 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the sixth and final film released in the Star Wars saga and the third in terms of the series' internal chronology....
. ILM tends to be quiet about their supercomputer, so its current configuration is not known.