Name: Bringing Arbitrary MaterialX BSDF Networks To RenderMan XPU - Francisco Gonzalez, Pixar Animation Studios
Start: 2026-07-19T16:15:00-0700
End: 2026-07-19T16:25:00-0700

July 19| Los Angeles, California
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Bringing Arbitrary MaterialX BSDF Networks To RenderMan XPU - Francisco Gonzalez, Pixar Animation Studios

Sunday July 19, 2026 4:15pm - 4:25pm PDT

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In this presentation we will talk about the cross Lucasfilm/Pixar collaboration to bring arbitrary MaterialX BSDF networks to RenderMan XPU. We'll highlight the approach we took to allow the same source code to run seamlessly on CPU and GPUs -- opening the door to MaterialX Standard Surface and OpenPBR. We will use a new asset we will make available to the community as the basis for our talk.

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Francisco Gonzalez

Staff Software Engineer, Pixar Animation Studios

I’m a Staff Software Engineer on Pixar’s RenderMan team, working on RenderMan XPU, Pixar’s next-generation CPU+GPU renderer for animation and VFX. Before Pixar, I was Lead GPU Engineer at Next Limit Technologies working on Maxwell Render. I hold M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer... Read More →

Sunday July 19, 2026 4:15pm - 4:25pm PDT
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Francisco Gonzalez

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