GOOD READ: raytracing solely by CELL supercomputer

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx#Comments

you can see that 3 ps3s can rendering a car model without using the RSX by the new IBM iRT.

The model is supposedly 75x more complex than even the high end models (eg CRYSIS,MGS4) in today's times.

NOTE :_ the above demonstration does not use RSX .When this is used in conjunction with RSX the ps3 would be able to render the full model with just 1 spe + RSX that fills in the pixels and does texture mapping.

the iRT code runs on a single SPE. 3 ps3s were used in order to stanilize framerates. However with RSX a single spe should be capable of running the code at 1080p at 60fps .

Yay.. took 3 PS3s to do that lol.. I understand it isnt using the GPU to do this.. but it is using THREE PS3s so who cares?Cellien

a single SPE is more than capable of doing this.

3 ps3s were used to demonstrate the online data streaming.

in the final version....a single SPE + RSX would be sufficient to run the demo at 1080p at 60fps.

The code was written using IBM Cell SDK 2.0 on Linux. The iRT is totally scalable and only requires one Cell SPE to run. More PS3s = More SPEs = Higher client frame rates. All images are at least 720p 4x multi-sampled, with dynamic light sources, procedurally generated atmosphere, and dynamic shadows"

Yay.. took 3 PS3s to do that lol.. I understand it isnt using the GPU to do this.. but it is using THREE PS3s so who cares?Cellien

Yay.. took 3 PS3s to do that lol.. I understand it isnt using the GPU to do this.. but it is using THREE PS3s so who cares?Cellien

[QUOTE="Cellien"]Yay.. took 3 PS3s to do that lol.. I understand it isnt using the GPU to do this.. but it is using THREE PS3s so who cares?eclipsed4utoo

Ignorance is bliss!!!

people dont actually read the whole stuff and make unnecessary comments.

3 ps3s (each using 1 spe only ) demontrated the online data streaming when used in a network.

just imagine the graphical quality when used with RSX.

Basically 3 spes can render a model 75x more complex than what a model high end CPU-GPU setup could achieve

[QUOTE="eclipsed4utoo"][QUOTE="Cellien"]Yay.. took 3 PS3s to do that lol.. I understand it isnt using the GPU to do this.. but it is using THREE PS3s so who cares?washimul

Ignorance is bliss!!!

people dont actually read the whole stuff and make unnecessary comments.

3 ps3s (each using 1 spe only ) demontrated the online data streaming when used in a network.

just imagine the graphical quality when used with RSX.

Basically 3 spes can render a model 75x more complex than what a model high end CPU-GPU setup could achieve

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx#Comments

you can see that 3 ps3s can rendering a car model without using the RSX by the new IBM iRT.

The model is supposedly 75x more complex than even the high end models (eg CRYSIS,MGS4) in today's times.

NOTE :_ the above demonstration does not use RSX .When this is used in conjunction with RSX the ps3 would be able to render the full model with just 1 spe + RSX that fills in the pixels and does texture mapping.

the iRT code runs on a single SPE. 3 ps3s were used in order to stanilize framerates. However with RSX a single spe should be capable of running the code at 1080p at 60fps .

washimul