any how, all this sounds good to my ears ! if it gets implemented for nodes (especially compositing), count me for testing :)
2010/8/25 Jeroen Bakker <[email protected]> > > > On 08/24/2010 07:46 PM, Xavier Thomas wrote: > > You might be interested in MiniCL used in the bullet physics library. > > It permit to use OpenCL on CPU only. > > > > > Thanks, but I have a question on MiniCL as I am not sure if this is > suitable. IMO you need different code for CPU's and GPU's. > > CPU optimization you minimize the number of loops. The total number of > instructions, time should be minimized. > GPU you balance the loops between the number of platforms, devices, > nodes and cores. > Sometimes it is better not to optimize any code on GPU's, but just play > with the data in the KernelTasks. But we know that the same code on a > CPU will perform very bad. > > Still I will look into the MiniCL library as I didn't heard about it. > > Jeroen. > > > 2010/8/24 Jeroen Bakker<[email protected]>: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> I have been experimenting with OpenCL and are planning a basic framework > >> to support it in Blender. > >> > >> main features are: > >> * OpenCL is disabled by default, CPU fall-back must ALWAYS be > >> available. OpenCL can be enabled with command-line parameter > >> * Compiler directive to completely disable OpenCL in Blender. > >> * Basic implementation to access and use GPU-devices > >> * I am not targeting the blender-render, but other time-consuming > >> processes (fluids, node systems etc) > >> > >> I think this matches the basic blender principles: > >> * can work on standard home PC's > >> * blender installation is unzipping an zip > >> > >> Are other people also busy with this subject? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Jeroen > >> > >> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User_talk:Jbakker > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- ____________________ François Tarlier www.francois-tarlier.com www.linkedin.com/in/francoistarlier _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
