Ray Tracing ( was Re: [rescue] Is this a POS?)

[James Sharp]

> > I came across a Cray-optimized, raytracer and now can't remember the dang
> > name.  There were source and binaries for Linux etc too, and I think it was
> > already designed for MPP or PVM parallel processing.  Should be on
> > freshmeat (maybe it was called Tachyon???)... ah yes:
>
> Note, in this case when you say Cray optimized, you are talking about the
> Crays built out of large numbers of Alpha processors, not the more
> traditional vector Crays that we all wish we knew and love.
>
> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/tachyon

Tachyon is coooool.  Its damn fast too.  I tried it on Dave's J90.