Le 2020-05-05 à 13:31, Kima a écrit :
> There are several discussions here in this board on using CUDA cores in POVRAY
> back in 2006-2007.
> 
> I understand that most of rendering tasks are too complicated for GPU cores, and
> fit the CPU capability. However, I was unable to find any recent discussion on
> this matter. In the last 10 years, the GPU technology and its interfacing
> software have been massively advanced.
> 
> I wonder if a GPU-powered POVRAY (using CUDA cores for a part of the
> calculations) is on the roadmap OR the difference does not justify the effort?
> 
> 

The main issue is : Can the GPU handle different processes on different 
cores ? Can the GPU handle fundamentally different geometry at the same 
time ?

The GPU works great when it have only triangles or only polys to 
evaluate. Not so great when it need to contend with mixed primitives.

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