Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:59:16 -0500 (EST) | From | "David F. Newman" <> | Subject | Re: Good news for SPARC/Linux |
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On 10 Dec 1998, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Needless to say, I want one of these... though I wonder if there is _any_ > real-world application which 14 CPUs would speed up 14 times. >
I could easily use all 14 CPUs when ray tracing. Either having each CPU render an individual frame of an animation, or giving each CPU a piece of a still image to render. It is highly math intensive with io only when an image is completed. A perfect application for SMP.
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