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  Re: Radiosity and parallel processing?  
From: jhu
Date: 9 Jul 2006 22:00:00
Message: <web.44b1b3c35e2145969eeec4020@news.povray.org>
I'm curious about this as well. Since v3.7 has multi-threading capabilities,
does that only apply to actual rendering subsequent to calculating radiosity
data?

Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > jhu wrote:
> >> Can the radiosity data be collected in parallel
> >   No.
>
> Out of curiousity, is this a technical limitation or a theoretical one?
> I.e., would it be possible for someone with enough knowlege to recode
> the same basic algorithm but make it distributable? Or is the algorithm
> inherently only serial?
>
> --
>    Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
>      This octopus isn't tasty. Too many
>      tentacles, not enough chops.


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