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Unlocking Multi-Threading
In this chapter, we will talk about adding multi-threading to the Raptor Engine.
This requires both a big change in the underlying architecture and some Vulkan-specific changes and synchronization work so that the different cores of the CPU and the GPU can cooperate in the most correct and the fastest way.
Multi-threading rendering is a topic covered many times over the years and a feature that most game engines have needed since the era of multi-core architectures exploded. Consoles such as the PlayStation 2 and the Sega Saturn already offered multi-threading support, and later generations continued the trend by providing an increasing number of cores that developers could take advantage of.
The first trace of multi-threading ...
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