NVIDIA intros OptiX ray tracing engine

NEW ORLEAN, US: NVIDIA, a provider in GPU computing, recently announced that it has introduced the NVIDIA OptiX ray tracing engine, part of a suite of application acceleration engines  for software developers.

NVIDIA acceleration engines make it easy to incorporate valuable, high-performance capabilities into applications, while simultaneously reducing development time, said a press release.

The NVIDIA OptiX engine is a programmable ray tracing pipeline enabling software developers to easily bring new levels of realism to their applications using traditional C programming.

By tapping into the massively parallel computing power of NVIDIA Quadro processors, the OptiX engine greatly accelerates the ray tracing used across a spectrum of disciplines, including: photorealistic rendering, automotive styling, acoustical design, optics simulation, volume calculations and radiation research.

Application developers are utilizing the OptiX engine to redefine what’s possible for designers, engineers and researchers.

“In one year, NVIDIA has gone from proving interactive GPU ray tracing is possible, to making it available to all.” said Jon Peddie, founder and president of Jon Peddie Research.

He added, “Intricate design tasks, such as examining the play of reflection and refraction across surfaces and within glass, can now be examined in real-time by utilizing the OptiX acceleration engine running on Quadro processors. This is a phenomenal milestone for developers and designers alike.”

Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA said, “Thousands of applications are being created today that harness the phenomenal power of GPUs, a clear sign that GPU computing has reached a tipping point. The world of computing is shifting from host-bound processing on CPUs to balanced co-processing on GPUs and CPUs."

He added  that NVIDIA application acceleration engines arm developers with the tools they need to further revolutionize both real-time graphics and advanced data analysis.

NVIDIA application acceleration engines are available from the NVIDIA Developer Zone, added the release.