POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Forget about CUDA: Intel's MIC is much better and simpler to program in!

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Forget about CUDA: Intel's MIC is much better and simpler to program in!		Server Time 1 Nov 2024 09:22:00 EDT (-0400)

From: jhu
Subject: Forget about CUDA: Intel's MIC is much better and simpler to program in!
Date: 18 Jun 2012 21:20:01
Message: <web.4fdfd3525f3dfb1ad19b0ec40@news.povray.org>

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Announces-MIC-Xeon-Phi-Aims-For-Exascale-Computing/

Apparently, the thing already runs its own Linux kernel, so just send over a
binary of Povray and other files and off you go!

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From: waggy
Subject: Re: Forget about CUDA: Intel's MIC is much better and simpler to program in=
Date: 18 Jun 2012 22:00:01
Message: <web.4fdfdd126f0269389726a3c10@news.povray.org>

"jhu" wrote:
> Apparently, the thing already runs its own Linux kernel, so just send over a
> binary of Povray and other files and off you go!

Well then, that PhD-level course I took in parallel programming was a waste; it
led me to believe that implementing efficient parallel algroithms is HARD... ;)

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