[vtkusers] parallel rendering on multi-core PCs>>

[David E DeMarle]

I agree with Mike.

A good MPI implementation can run parallel VTK (and ParaView)
efficiently on SMP machines.
It is true that a native multithreaded application would be more
efficient. I have heard rumours of at least two groups who are trying
to address the issue.

You should also know the VTK does have some thread level parallelism
built in, mostly inside the Imaging filters, where the technique
frequently returns maximum benefits more or less trivially.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109



On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Michael
Jackson<mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
> MPI is your friend on this.
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
> BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
> Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio
>
> On Jun 30, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Theodore Holden wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Another dumb question here.....
>>
>> All of the information I've found so far related to parallel rendering
>> using VTK involves the use of multiple individual computers and dates from
>> five or six years ago.
>>
>> Is there such a thing as using one of the new multi-core chip PCs for
>> parallel rendering applications?   I notice that MicroCenter is selling a P7
>> desktop for around $800 now and you'd think the idea would occur to
>> somebody.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ted
>>
>
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