"Timothy R. Cook" wrote:
> 
> Quick!  Someone write a port of POV for Blue Gene/C!
> You have, let's see, 5 years?
> http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?
> table=n&cat=50580&id=200111090045000231472
> 
> ...is 1000 teraflops enough for real-time raytracing? ;)

Looks like it will be heavily parallel processors.
So, it's time to think about multi-threaded pov, which
is, based on 3.1g code, a long route to remove all the 
bad spots...
It may give a start to 'one pixel -- one processor' design...
Better to also speed up the parser, or you will end up with
a parse time really bigger than the rendering (with photons and radiosity
and a lot of media).

I wonder who has the money to buy one as well the power plant it will need.
(or who have free current ?)

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