Fusion-io announces ioFX, a super-SSD that's already obtained an Oscar

Based on Combination ioMemory Technological innovation Used in Tasks Such as Oscar®-Winning VFX for 'Hugo,' New Combination ioFX Boosts Efficiency for Graphics-Intensive Programs Such as 3D, Movie Modifying, Compositing and Movement Graphics

Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) these days declared that it is providing the power of its ioMemory technology to visible results experts with the Combination ioFX. Developed to remove information bottlenecks that slowly the innovative generation process for electronic performers, the Combination ioFX allows innovative experts to satisfy output deadlines while checking out more creative opportunities by linking the performance gap between work stations and present-day highly effective electronic articles applications.

"Fusion's ioMemory items have assisted Pixomondo not only fulfill limited output deadlines, but also discover new thoughts and techniques that otherwise might never have been possible because of plenty of it would take to make changes and new results," said Ben Grossmann, Visual Effects Manager at Pixomondo and 2012 Academia Award® Victorious one for Best Success in Visual Effects. "Pixomondo used ioMemory during our work on 'Hugo.' It's amazingly publishing to know you don't have to delay any longer to see how an impact might look. As a new storage area level for increasing our work stations, Fusion-io's technology revealed the prospective of our resources and our creativeness."

Based on the Combination ioMemory foundation that major corporations all over the community believe in to improve their information facilities, the 420 GB Combination ioFX attaches via the PCI Communicate bus to provide companies and performers with a new storage area level that attaches the gap between innovative prospective and components performance in the pipe. Thanks to the cut-through structure of ioMemory, the Combination ioFX provides low-latency information performance updated to control electronic articles on the fly. With the ioFX, experts can now view changes in real-time, even when utilizing great quality stereoscopic articles. The ioFX is also created to improve video play-back and making, video and picture editing and compositing, development and transcoding as well as other data-intensive actions required in modern electronic generation.

The Combination ioSphere control program provided with the ioFX allows facilities IT supervisors to observe and handle all Combination ioMemory items implemented throughout the facilities from a single program, including Combination ioFX in work stations and Combination ioDrives in hosts. The ioSphere program provides traditional performance tracking and confirming, live concert achievement, notifies and more to make sure generation carries on running nicely.

"Whether operating on photos in a large facilities, store or as an separate artisan, there has lengthy been a performance gap that boundaries how well even the most leading side applications is capable of doing in professional work stations," said Vincent Brisebois, Fusion-io Efficiency Processing Market Mature Manager. "Not a lengthy time ago, performance like this would have been expensive for store companies or separate performers. With the ioFX, performers now have a highly effective device to discover innovative opportunities in their work station, and top rated application designers can lastly produce amazing new features that were not formerly possible."

The first solution in its category to considerably improve key articles application can be implemented in minutes and provides up to 1.5 GB/s bandwith with sub-millisecond continual access latency. In addition, the Combination ioFX allows performers to interactively work together on great quality, stereoscopic 2K and 4K articles, which was formerly difficult without a large storage area range. From video catch in the area, to post-production of the completed movie, the ioFX is architected for continuous adjustment of electronic articles immediately.

ioFX Movie Production Contest

To allow performers to tell the ioFX tale in their own terms, Fusion-io is establishing videos generation competition on May 31, 2012. Artists will be able to create their own 60-second short including video published on the Combination ioFX Myspace page. Fusion-io Primary Researcher Bob Wozniak and acting professional Danny Trejo will be among the competition most judges, with awards with a Red Scarlet digital camera, Adobe® Creative Suite® application, and Combination ioFX. The competition runners up will be welcomed to SIGGRAPH 2012 in Los Angeles for the huge award wedding. Artists can understand more starting these days at www.fusionio.com/ioFX.

Fusion ioFX at NAB 2012

As a special display from Fusion-io and Adobe, Bob Wozniak will present a combined keynote deal with with two time Academia Award® winner Rob Legato at the Publish | Production World Meeting on Saturday, Apr 15 at 10:30 am local time. Best parts from the keynote will be available on http://www.fusionio.com/blog.

The Combination ioFX will be confirmed at the Nationwide Organization of Tv stations (NAB) conference in Las Nevada Apr 16-20 at the Adobe sales space #SL2624, ASSIMILATE sales space #SL13710, NVIDIA sales space # SL9215, Panasonic Creative Software trial area of Panasonic sales space #C11011, The Foundry sales space #SL9724 and Qube Theatre sales space #7708, as well as industry say packages.

Pricing and Availability

The Combination ioFX will be available from Fusion-io and choose merchants in overdue Springtime 2012 at a retail price of $2,495 U.S., such as a one-year support agreement. To discover the Combination ioFX, go to http://www.fusionio.com/platforms/iofx/.