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Architosh.com Announces Apple Xgrid Technologies Rendering Software
Design Race for AEC Worth $20,000US
Architosh.com
announces competition to spur on Xgrid rendering solutions targeting
Architecture Market
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -- June 30, 2004 -- Architosh.com,
the world's leading Web portal dedicated to Macintosh-based CAD/3D
and AEC professionals, today announced a new Apple Xgrid
Technologies Rendering Software Design Race for AEC. The first
company to deliver a plug & play, easy-to-use supercomputing
rendering solution for architects using Apple's new Xgrid technology
will win over two years of free advertising on Architosh.com and
other promotions and prizes worth over $20,000.US.
The Concept: Pixar for the Rest of Us
The concept is simple. Deliver an exclusively Xgrid-based
rendering solution targeting the architectural market which
would enable grid supercomputing directed at highend rendering solutions
for architects.
"Architects' offices today are commonly filled with some of
the most powerful workstation computers on the planet, such as the
new dual processor Power Mac G5s", says Anthony Frausto-Robledo,
founder and editor of Architosh.com, "yet it is a common fact
that almost all renderings are done on a single computer."
"Xgrid plus some smart Mac OS X developer can completely change
that for the industry -- which would be a transformation for the
industry over time."
Contest Facts and Rules
This contest is separate from our AEC
software Tiger contest. There is no relationship. However, you
can enter both with the same product. The Apple Xgrid Technologies
Rendering Software Design Race by Architosh is available now and
there is no formal entry. Simply produce a software meeting the
requirements below and do it faster than anybody else to win.
Facts and Rules:
- Competition
Announcement June 30, 2004
- Competition
Opens June 30, 2004
- Competition
Closing: Open until first winner
- Final
Award Announcement: TBD
- Rule
1:
The product must be based exclusively on Apple's
Xgrid (Mac OS
X only)
- Rule
2:
The product must use "Desktop Recovery" in addition
to cluster nodes so that all available network processing resources
can be made available to tackling a single rendering computation
problem.
- Rule
3:
The product must target advanced "photo-realistic" rendering.
- Rule
4:
The product must work with a grid of up 10 machines min. but must
also work with as little as two machines.
- Rule
5:
The product must employ Apple's famed "ease of use",
ie:, be truly easy to use so as to inspire the spirit of the phrase
'Pixar for the Rest of Us'
- Rule
6:
The product must ship with an HTML manual and QuickTime movie
demonstration showing how the product works.
Closing Remarks and Judging
The basic goal of the contest is to spur on the development of
innovative technologies for the Mac OS X platform�a software
environment Architosh strongly believes offers more natural and
promising technologies for technical creative professionals such
as architects, interior designers, landscape architects, visualization
professionals, and AEC engineers.
Final judging will be conducted by Architosh exclusively. The first
product to ship to us and run on a minimum of four Mac OS X machines
at Architosh's office and meet all six (6) rules above will be the
winner so long as the product is available to ship within 15 days
of qualifying the product against the six rules above.
About Architosh
BritasMedia's publishing mission with the Architosh Web site is
to serve a worldwide audience of Macintosh-based CAD/3D and AEC
professionals and students with market-leading information (IT)
resources, news, reviews, and editorial products. Since 1999, Architosh
has been the world's leading Mac CAD/3D/AEC portal now serving over
25,000 unique readers monthly in more than 70 countries around the
globe.
Press Contact
- Anthony Frausto-Robledo, B.Arch.
- Founder and Editor-in-Chief
- Architosh / Britasmedia
- 14 Creston Way, Providence, RI 02906
- 617-312-3305 (t)
- [email protected]
- Who we are and our Mission Statement
- Learn about the folks behind Architosh, their backgrounds and
education. And read our Architosh Mission Statement to understand
what we are trying to do.
Contacting Us at Architosh
- Press Release Library
- You can find our older Press Releases
listed here and our most current press releases listed below.
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February 2004 - Architosh Receives
"Record Growth" since Power Mac G5 Introduction
4
June 2003 - 2002 AEC CAD IT
Study Indicates Macintosh Advantages for IT Management Costs for
AEC Firms Worldwide
16
May 2003 - Cyon Research Corporation
and Architosh to Jointly Publish White Papers Studying Business
Cases for Autocad on Mac OS X
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