[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: NVIDIA Index plugin

[Scott, W Alan]

I believe at this point we need EGL.  I will let you know if that changes.

Thanks,

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 7:18 PM
> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org; Karelitz, David B
> <dbkarel at sandia.gov>
> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] NVIDIA Index plugin
> 
> NVIDIA IndeX™ is a commercial 3D volumetric visualization SDK. It's another
> way for using GPUs for volume rendering. Other existing VTK volume mappers
> like the Hardware Accelerated Volume Mapper also uses GPUs for volume
> rendering, but a different implementation.
> 
> To simply use GPUs on your cluster, building with EGL indeed would be the way
> to go (instead of OS Mesa, for example). Then when you use the hardware
> accelerated volume mapper (which is default for image data), you'll indeed use
> GPUs.
> 
> IndeX has a license fee for cluster use. I can get you in touch with the folks I
> work with form NVidia if you'd like. They should be able to elaborate more on
> the licensing options etc.
> 
> Utkarsh
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:02 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
> > Amazing timing.  We now have an NVIDIA enabled cluster.  So, this is the only
> way to turn GPUs on on a cluster?  Also, there is a licensing fee?  Or, should I
> build using EGL, as per
> https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-
> doc/Offscreen.html?
> >
> > Or, am I being stupid - and ParaView, built on a cluster with GPU's will just
> work after I compile for the cluster?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 6:43 PM
> >> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> >> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] NVIDIA Index plugin
> >>
> >> He's referring to this:
> >> https://blog.kitware.com/nvidia-index-plugin-in-paraview-5-5/
> >>
> >> Utkarsh
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi team,
> >> >
> >> > I have a user asking about an NVIDIA Index plugin for ParaView.
> >> > Any idea what he is talking about?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Alan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> > W. Alan Scott
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