[brlcad-commits] SF.net SVN: brlcad:[68498] brlcad/trunk/NEWS

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Revision: 68498
          http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/68498
Author:   brlcad
Date:     2016-07-27 00:43:40 +0000 (Wed, 27 Jul 2016)
Log Message:
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getting ray tracing working in parallel on windows was primarily made real by two GCI students (in 2012/2013) that implemented the critical bits in parallel and semaphore, applied and reworked by daniel and myself.  never announced the change as it continued to be a topic of tweaks and debugging for a while, but now it's been in stable active use for a while and warrants broader recognition.  instant visible and substantial performance improvement, depending on the number of cores available.

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--- brlcad/trunk/NEWS	2016-07-27 00:22:19 UTC (rev 68497)
+++ brlcad/trunk/NEWS	2016-07-27 00:43:40 UTC (rev 68498)
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 * added comb -S option to stop when object already exists - Cliff Yapp
 * improved comb command documentation with many examples - Cliff Yapp
 * implemented new 'hrt' heart-shaped primitive object - Isaac Kamga
+* added support for multicore / SMP ray tracing on Windows
+	- Adrián Calle, Arjun Govindjee, Daniel Roßberg, Sean Morrison
 
 
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