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authorDavid Phillips <david@sighup.nz>2017-02-16 23:31:29 +1300
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Software is still in early days and needs more CL kernels for such fractals as
tricorn, burning ship, and julia sets to name a few.
+
+Below is a simple demo image produced with the software. It is a simple
+mandelbrot fractal using only 75 iterations, at 768 square pixels. The
+image is a negative of that which comes straight from the software.
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+![Demo mandelbrot image](./demo.png)
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+Such a small, low-detail image will not provide a case for using GPU rather
+than CPU, but once you start upping the image size and detail, a modern GPU
+will provide endless benefit over a modern CPU.