Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
> This is possibly a scoop :
> 
> Intel plans to run demos that would use POV-Ray (and possibly Megapov)
> at the next LinuxWorld (in New York, Jan 29-Feb 2). The idea is to
> demonstrate the speed of their Intel "Alpha" Linux Compiler on a P4 at
> 1.5 Gz.
> 
> In fact, they contacted me because they wanted to use my "Wet Bird" IRTC
> pic for the demo, expecting it to render in 5 minutes (something that
> Moore's Law don't agree with unfortunately). Very probably, they'll
> contact the POV-Team and/or Nathan Kopp about compiling POV/Megapov in
> an optimal way. (they also agreed for me to report this here, BTW).
> 
> G.
> 

That's interesting, because the P4 compares quite badly to AMD's Athlon
when used with Povray.  See my posting:

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:05:26 +0100
Newsgroups: povray.general
Subject: Re: OT: cpu speed & rendering time

Christoph

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