Thanks for sharing! I had come across similar kinds of issues on my annual LeetCode prep and this very clear articulation is very helpful. Props to the author for making this so easy to visualize.
I made my own distributed render orchestrator that supports Cycles + custom plugins. It uses Modal’s cloud compute APIs to spawn jobs on up to 20x containers with an L40S GPU (like 80% as fast as a 4090 with tons more VRAM) each. It ain’t cheap but it’s absurdly fast, and much easier in terms of cash flow than outright buying the equivalent GPUs.
Is there any solid argument for the value of x86 in desktop computing? My watch, phone, laptop, and Mac Pro are all running ARM/RISC and I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything.
I have a Ryzen workspace that I pull out to play Doom Eternal every now and then, but is there any significant value proposition besides compatibility?
Performance is often stated as an advantage of x86, but performance per what? Per Watt? Hour? Dollar? Chip size?
Seattle is an interesting area, so many different pockets. I moved to Seattle in 2016 from Southern California, could never shake the depression. Moved to Cupertino in Jan and am as happy as a (very busy) clam.