Embree 2.1 released


    A new version of Embree 2.1 ray tracing cores developed at Intel is available for download . Embree is intended for graphic application developers who want to increase the productivity of their programs using Intel cores, which are optimized for rendering photo-quality images on the latest Intel processors with support for SSE, AVX, AVX2 and Xeon Phi vector instructions. For maximum performance, we recommend that you enable Embree through the API. Embree is open source software and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.

    At KDPV - rendering a car headlight using Embree, by Martin Lubich .

    What's new in Embree 2.1?
    • New API with significant focus on dynamic scene support
    • Many optimizations for AVX2 (Intel Haswell architecture)
    • Automatic selection of executable code for SSE, AVX and AVX2
    • User Defined Geometry Support
    • New and improved BVH builders

    Download Embree 2.1 for Windows, Linux, and Mac or in source.

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