48 Brompton SX40 Processors Power China's Largest Virtual Production Stage

The CDFC VP Studio deployment represents one of the largest single-site concentrations of Tessera SX40 processors in Asia, signaling that virtual production infrastructure is scaling aggressively in China's western region. Tencent's involvement as workflow developer places a streaming and gaming giant at the intersection of real-time rendering and physical production, a convergence that could reshape how Chinese content platforms approach original production pipelines. Watch whether CDFC attracts high-volume productions away from traditional location shoots and whether Tencent extends its VP workflow integration to additional partner studios across the region.

CDFC VP Studio officially opened on April 14, 2026, as part of the Chengdu Digital Intelligence Studio Complex, coinciding with the 13th China Network Audio-Visual Conference, per ETNow, June 2026. The facility sits within Chengdu Film City, a 16.5-square-kilometer media park in Pidu District that hosts more than 600 film, television, and creative enterprises, according to LSi Online. The park has positioned itself as a leading production hub in western China, with tenants ranging from major directors to streaming platform content studios.

Brompton's Tessera SX40 processor, which has won an Emmy Award and a King's Award for Enterprise, per Installation International, June 2026, is also deployed at other major Asian VP facilities. Dawa Studio's Yongchuan Virtual Production Studio in Chongqing — roughly 200 kilometers from Chengdu — uses 30 SX40 processors and 60 XD 10G units with AOTO RM1.9 panels across a 60m-wide curved wall, according to Installation International. That facility claims to reduce filming costs by up to 90 percent and improve shooting efficiency by more than 55 percent, and has hosted over 50 productions since opening. Phase III expansion is planned for late 2026 or early 2027.

In South Korea, KOCCA's Studio V at StudioCube in Daejeon opened in 2026 with 19 Brompton SX40 processors driving 94.7 million pixels across LG LED panels, per Installation International. That facility, developed under South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is among the first public virtual production stages globally to implement SMPTE ST 2110 workflows at full operational scale, per E-Tech Asia, April 2026. AOTO, the panel supplier for CDFC, has delivered more than 120 medium- and large-scale LED studios worldwide and partnered with over 20 universities, including a recent XR/VP installation at Hong Kong Baptist University, per PLSN.