Nicolas Calimet wrote:
> 	At its IDF show last week, Intel offered the chance to perform the first
> benchmarks on their upcoming quad-core processor (that is based on the Core 2
> architecture).  Among the softwares tested was POV 3.7 beta 15:
> 
> http://www.hardware.info/en-US/news/ym2cmpqawpia/IDF_First_quadcore_benchmarks/
> (the POV numbers are pixels per second)
> 
> 	POV benefits a 81% speed boost going from 2 to 4 cores (note the clock speed
> on the quad-core is also 90% that of the dual-core).
> 	Not bad...  I want one  :-P

Note also that they had a real-time raytracing demo running based on a
specially-modified POV 3.7 which we threw together. It maps a live webcam
image onto a moving* curved reflective surface at 320x240 with no AA. IIRC it
was getting upwards of 7 frames/second.

-- Chris

* actually the camera was moving, not the scene. we were using the new
  features of the POV backend that allows re-rendering the same scene
  multiple times without the need to re-parse or re-bound it. I will try
  to make a recording of it here and upload if anyone is interested. it's
  rather fun to play with.

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