[vtkusers] multicore support

[Paul Harris]

Hi,

I am just starting out with VTK, and I want to know how to properly support
multicore desktop/laptop PCs...

I have done a lot of reading, I've read the VTK OO book, and now I'm
checking out ParaView...

Am I correct in thinking that MPI is the main (only?) way that people are
processing their data in parallel?

I have tried without luck to search for info and messages about executing on
a shared memory system (ie a multicore desktop), or even threaded (seems to
complicate things a lot).
Is the solution to use MPI, but on the one node?
Or is there some sort of decent shared-memory support?
>From what I read on vtkDataObject, it looks like threading is a path to a
mine field, as a lot of classes may not be thread-safe, right?


Am I also correct to say that ParaView adds a lot of parallel processing
support to VTK ?  Support that is not available to VTK ?


I have lots more questions, but I'll stop there for now...
I eagerly await your responses!

thanks for your time,
Paul
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