Technical Specifications

Specifications for the Data Arena machines, and our video and audio system.

New 32K Display (2024)

Projectors	16x SONY GTZ-380 4K Laser SXRD video projectors, arranged in a 360-degree circle, mounted in Portrait orientation (4K is vertical)
Pixel Resolution (mono)	31550 x 3840px
Pixel Resolution (top-bottom stereo)	31550 x 7680px
Pixel size on-screen	approx 1mm
Screen height	4m
Screen Cylinder diameter	9.6m
Theatre Ceiling Height	5m
Custom Manufactured Screen	0.5 gain. Perforated elastic. Speakers mounted behind screen

Solo2

Main Server computer

OS	Gentoo Linux
CPU	32 core Intel Xeon Gold 6346 CPU @ 3.10GHz
GPU	4x NVidia RTX A6000
GPU Sync	NVidia Gsync-II
RAM	264 GB
/fast disk	14TB LVM array Micron 7400 Pro NVMe SSD

IGs

Cluster of 8 servers (specs for each individual machine). GPUs synchronised by NVidia G-Sync-II cards.

OS	Gentoo Linux
CPU	48 core Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
GPU	NVidia L40
GPU Sync	NVidia Gsync-II
RAM	264 GB
/fast disk	6.1TB LVM array Samsung 980Pro/Micron T700 NVMe SSD

Audio

Channel modes	"14.2" - 14ch surround, else channel mappings for 2ch stereo, 5.1, and 7.1
Speakers	14x Genelec 8020C
Subs	2x Genelec 7060B