VrayRT, threading, Larabee

[davidr]

A few questions:
1) I recently saw a Cinebench benchmark with a 4-CPU multi-core machine (6-core Nehalem?), and it could only use, I think, 16 cores. Is this an OS limit, or an application limit? Is Vray going to use all 32 or 64 cores in the coming years?
2) Is Larabee going to accelerate VrayRT, or is VrayRT all CPU? thanks.

[vlado]

Hm, I've seen machines with 32 cores, but they need a Windows Server OS. So long as the OS supports the cores, V-Ray will attempt to use them.

Currently V-Ray RT is CPU only, seeing as how Larrabee hardware is not yet available. However, the architecture of V-Ray RT is flexible enough to allow hardware support as such hardware becomes available, be it GPUs, Larrabee or something else.

Best regards,
Vlado