GPU Accelerated Path Tracing of Massive Scenes

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27740%2F21%3A10247663" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27740/21:10247663 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3447807" target="_blank" >https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3447807</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3447807" target="_blank" >10.1145/3447807</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
GPU Accelerated Path Tracing of Massive Scenes
Original language description
This article presents a solution to path tracing of massive scenes on multiple GPUs. Our approach analyzes the memory access pattern of a path tracer and defines how the scene data should be distributed across up to 16 CPUs with minimal effect on performance. The key concept is that the parts of the scene that have the highest amount of memory accesses are replicated on all GPUs. We propose two methods for maximizing the performance of path tracing when working with partially distributed scene data. Both methods work on the memory management level and therefore path tracer data structures do not have to be redesigned, making our approach applicable to other path tracers with only minor changes in their code. As a proof of concept, we have enhanced the open-source Blender Cycles path tracer. The approach was validated on scenes of sizes up to 169 GB. We show that only 1 5% of the scene data needs to be replicated to all machines for such large scenes. On smaller scenes we have verified that the performance is very close to rendering a fully replicated scene. In terms of scalability we have achieved a parallel efficiency of over 94% using up to 16 GPUs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project
<a href="/en/project/LM2018140" target="_blank" >LM2018140: e-Infrastructure CZ</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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