From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEA3BC0A for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:12:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from li13-171.members.linode.com (hikaru.yumegakanau.org [69.93.127.171]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l55LBxMW022410 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:12:01 +0200 Received: from tsuyoshi by li13-171.members.linode.com with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HvgJl-0007xr-2l for caml-list@inria.fr; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:11:53 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:11:53 -0700 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: More concurrent ray tracer results Message-ID: <20070605211152.GA30586@yumegakanau.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Christopher Cramer X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4665D19F.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; encouraging:01 osx:01 tar:01 concurrent:03 fork:05 linux:06 linux:06 core:08 christopher:08 ghz:90 complicated:09 tracer:13 tracer:13 running:14 running:14 I took my more complicated forking map and modified Jon's ray tracer to work with it. The results look encouraging, on Linux at least. On a 2ghz Intel Core Duo running OSX: original: 1m16.621s forking: 0m51.253s On a dual Athlon running Linux: original: 34.695s forking: 17.923s code is at: http://yumegakanau.org/code/fork.tar.gz