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Re:One-Hour Mandelbrot: Creating a Fractal on the Vintage Xe... by kalleboo on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @03:09AM (#14592711)
Well with this[0] implementation[1] my laptop can render 3840x2400 pixels at 60fps, so ignoring the larger resolution, so how about 1/60th of a second?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14588789

[1] Is using a GPU cheating? Are we comparing computer performance or CPU performance? The Alto didn't even have a CPU as we know it today...

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Re:One-Hour Mandelbrot: Creating a Fractal on the Vintage Xe... by TekMol on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:15AM (#14592911)
[1] Well, a GPU is somewhat geared towards this kind of workload. Both comparisons (Alto to modern CPU and Alto to modern GPU) have some meaning.
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