[vtkusers] Multicore support?

[Berk Geveci]

+1 to what David said.

Please see the following:

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK_SMP
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-00789814/document
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.396.4673&rep=rep1&type=pdf

This is also relevant:
http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/728

Some of the algorithms we have experimented with are in Filters/SMP. The
recommended backend is TBB. Expect to see a lot of action in this area in
the coming months and years.

Best,
-berk

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 2:28 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Serge,
>
> Multicore support for grid algorithms is a very high priority for ongoing
> VTK development.  Also, if you know any students who are skilled at
> implementing SMP algorithms, please encourage them to apply for
> a VTK GSoC project:
>
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/GSoC_2015
>
> Cheers,
>
>  - David
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Serge Lalonde <serge at infolytica.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Does anyone know if VTK 6.1 uses any kind of multicore support to speed
>> up the algorithms?
>> Specifically, for the unstructured grid algorithms? Ex: Cut Mesh, Clip,
>> Contour, Threshold.
>> If so, how do we enable it? So far, I only see one CPU running.
>>
>> Thanks.
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>
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