Found this news on TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/173173/Silic ... g-GPU.html
I vaguely remember a discussion on old Ompf, may be it is the same chip.
Siliconarts Announces 'RayCore' Real-Time Ray Tracing GPU
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Re: Siliconarts Announces 'RayCore' Real-Time Ray Tracing GP
I guess the difference between this and caustic graphics is that this is presumably tied to a fixed tracing/shading pipeline?
"considered impossible to implement in hardware" by whom exactly?
sigh
"considered impossible to implement in hardware" by whom exactly?
sigh
Re: Siliconarts Announces 'RayCore' Real-Time Ray Tracing GP
haha, i like the "Mostly utilized in Hollywood studios in creating huge contents such as "Toy Story" and "Avatar,"" part.. 

Re: Siliconarts Announces 'RayCore' Real-Time Ray Tracing GP
This is even better :toxie wrote:haha, i like the "Mostly utilized in Hollywood studios in creating huge contents such as "Toy Story" and "Avatar,"" part..
"can render cinema-quality 3D graphics effects on real-time basis"