On 15.10.11 17:38, jhu wrote:
> Now that Intel and AMD processors have AVX instruction functionality (Sandy
> Bridge, Bulldozer), how well can Povray use these new instructions? I don't have
> any of these processors, so I'm unable to test it myself.

That is a good question. You will need to check with your compiler-vendor 
and the ability of their compiler to auto-vectorise code for AVX. You will 
also need to check with your operating system vendor if the operating system 
supports AVX.

As for POV-Ray itself, it (currently) contains no processor specific code, 
so any SIMD optimisations depend on the compiler used to compile POV-Ray.

	Thorsten

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