AMD CPUs and GPUs Used to Make 'Machete'
Opteron and FirePro were the tools behind the film.
Robert Rodriguez makes movies that we love to watch. These include Sin City, Planet Terror, and From Dusk Til Dawn. This week he's back with Machete, featuring an all-star cast including Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba.
Why is this news? Because AMD technology was behind the scene with its CPU and GPU technology to help finalize 500 shots.
Machete is referred to as a "spaghetti western for day laborers," and the film centers on a former Mexican ex-Federale named Machete, who after being setup, embarks on a quest to seek revenge and clear his name.
Production company Troublemaker Studios made use of a unique mix of high-performance AMD hardware, including FirePro V8800 professional graphics accelerators and six-core Opteron processor-based workstations to produce the film on a compressed schedule. A team of ten artists with a post-production period of only six months accomplished 500 final shots.
Shots from three different digital camera models, one film camera, camera tracking work using PFTrack, 3D special effects work using Softimage, and compositing work using Nuke, all came together through AMD hardware.
Such added effects include extensive set damage, a huge number of bullet holes, and wide-ranging set extensions. AMD hardware also played a part in sophisticated particle simulations helped more accurately render realistic blood spatters that interact with each other, the actors and objects in the environment.
Stay tuned tomorrow for our Q&A with the technical team of AMD and Troublemaker.
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Oh, so that's why it sucked...
Toms didnt talk, what GPUs used to make movies like Avatar or any other recent CGI intense movie ..so what s the big deal about this Machete??? probably Jessica Alba !!!
Todays movies are getting cheaper to make as tech improves. Even the TV shows of today are able to produce realistic effects in a fraction of time and cost. This unfortunately has movies reaching near price elasticity of demand for views.
And I used intel CPU and intel GPU to type this comment.
Is this the only movie ever made that uses AMD CPUs and GPUs?
Well congratulations!
Awesome! good to see AMD getting recognized for this stuff.
And didn't IBM's cell processors and a mix of intel processors render Avatar? (Some NZ renderfarm or something)
Well congratulations!
Nope, AMD also did Predators (2010)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAHHH FULL ON DOUBLE AMD RAINBOW RENDER! It's so intense; what does it mean? Honestly does this mean anything?
ROFL, it's like ate Kill Bill, The Matrix, and Last Action Hero and crapped out a movie. The only thing missing is a geriatric Steven Seagal....although having enough chicks running around in bras with guns could redeem it!
This is one of the worst movies to come out for a long time that is this racist. I hope that it flops at the box office.
So has anyone actually seen what this movie is about...i mean yes the man was set up, but it basically boils down to a minority (and illegal alien omfg i said it im not politically correct sue me) running around shooting whites...if it were reversed would'nt that be called racist instead of artwork.
Was I the only one expecting to see a picture of a machete made from billions of fused transistors? Bet it'd be colourful.
Quintan, Rodriguez, and Uwe Boll have to be my favorite directors.
Im switching to nVidia now. This movie is so racist its not funny. I'm half hispanic and I find it as an attempt to start a race war. I am so happy I went to Intel already.
Ooooo... All the negativity at the mention of AMD here.
Are you people insane? This is the BEST SUMMER MOVIE OF 2010.
You people crying about Mexican's killing white people need to go back to your Tea Party rallies...
I can't believe you put Lindsay Lohan's name in there and not Michele Rodriguez...
So why exactly is this news? Of course there are a handful of workstations out there that use FirePro hardware.
Are you people insane? This is the BEST SUMMER MOVIE OF 2010. You people crying about Mexican's killing white people need to go back to your Tea Party rallies...
The tea party movement is a control mechanism. And this movie is very racist.
Remember when movies were filmed on location.... with real props and explosions.... ah the good old days.
ROFL, it's like ate Kill Bill, The Matrix, and Last Action Hero and crapped out a movie. The only thing missing is a geriatric Steven Seagal....although having enough chicks running around in bras with guns could redeem it!
You didn't watch the Trailer then?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/
And I used intel CPU and intel GPU to type this comment.
Typing , the only thing you can do good with an intel GPU.
Hmm, Jessica Alba is hot enough as is... if they were to enhance her with CG, that would be insane!
AND I USED MY AMD PROCESSOR TO CLOSE THIS PAGE.
Before I clicked on the link, I was like "machete" are made by AMD CPUs and GPUs? No wai!!!!!!
I had to click on it to see how it's done! And it was a movie...
This is unsurprising. I've received a cut or two from AMD products in my time.
On another note, it's good to see something come out where ATI appears to have antialiasing ready and working in time for launch (though I guess I'll have to see the film to be certain). lol
Will there be AMD splash screen before the movie starts?
Toms didnt talk, what GPUs used to make movies like Avatar
They used Commodore 64.
Nah they just used some zylog Z80 to make avatar, and ofcourse intel lovers react as usual with insults and nonsense.
The fact that amd makes super products at super low prices does not seem to get in there idiot minds
Did anyone else read the title and was hoping someone forged a real machete out of those AMD parts? Yes, I was a little disappointed.
Must be the early morning; haven't had my coffee yet.
Nice, AMD is still quality equipment, and I happen to prefer it for myself. As for those out there calling this movie racist, como? Ya no veo algo escenas o dialogo que esta racisimo. pienso que estan sensitvio, cabrones!!
Loved the fake trailer, but the trailer for the real movie has them saying "Ma shay tay", which instantly turned off. Oooo, Mr Rodriguez, you're so ladtanno. That and Michelle Rodriguez has a major role in it, and she's a mannish beast and a shitty actress.
And here was me hoping for a sword made out of computer chips.