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title: "SciTech Scene"
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This is the official asset for [RenderMan's "SciTech" Art Challenge](https://renderman.pixar.com/news/renderman-scitech-art-challenge).

The assets for this art challenge were made in honor of [RenderMan's IEEE Milestone Award](https://renderman.pixar.com/news/renderman-receives-ieee-milestone-award), including a model inspired by the [Pixar Image Computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar_Image_Computer)! To highlight the art challenge's theme of "compute," the 3D models also include present landmarks in computing at Pixar, courtesy of [AMD](https://www.amd.com/) and [NVIDIA](https://www.nvidia.com/).

A model depicting an [AMD Threadripper](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/workstations/ryzen-threadripper.html) is included, the very same processor technology used to render and denoise films today at Pixar. NVIDIA technology is also used today at Pixar and is highlighted by two 3D models, the [DGX B200](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/dgx-b200/), a unified AI platform powered by 8 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, and the [Quadro RTX 8000](https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/quadro-product-literature/quadro-rtx-8000-us-nvidia-946977-r1-web.pdf), which marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of graphics technology thanks to dedicated RT and Tensor cores.

The technologies at AMD and NVIDIA exemplify the new hybrid processing needs at Pixar, where artists will have better creative experiences thanks to the speed of RenderMan XPU, leveraging the power of both CPUs and GPUs.

Although the included assets created by Pixar artists Joshua Mills and Eugene Riecansky are not a perfect replica and will be missing proprietary computing internals, they are artistic representations faithful to the original designs.

RenderMan's very own Walking Teapot is also included ... in its mechanical form of course, and is a creation of Pixar artist, [Dylan Sisson](https://www.dylansisson.com/).

![RenderMan_SciTech_Art_Challenge_Asset.jpg](media://1b8808e7-28eb-4bb3-b637-2ffe3b712050)


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### Pixar Terms of Use

Please watermark or credit the image with the following:  
**Walking Teapot by Dylan Sisson. Models Joshua Mills and Eugene Riecansky © Disney/Pixar - RenderMan "SciTech" Art Challenge**

These assets are property of Pixar. By downloading the project files, you agree to the terms of use as defined in the **[EULA for RenderMan Models](https://assets.renderman.pixar.com/license.pdf)****.**

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