FRED Version 21.41 Released

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17 May 2022

FRED version 21.42 is officially released and available for download on our website. The following new features and capabilities are available in this version:

Multi-threading, Ray Buffers and RAM Usage

FRED Optimum now performs multi-threaded raytracing and analyses on up to 127 threads when available.

The total number of rays allowed to be stored in RAM is now only limited by the total amount of RAM available on the computer.

The Advanced Raytrace and Ray Manipulation Utilities dialogs allow a new option for compressing deleted rays out of the ray buffer to free-up RAM.

FREDMPC (GPU raytracing and analyses)

A major architectural rewrite of the GPU code-base has been performed in order to use the newest NVIDIA libraries and GPU hardware. Not only is the new architecture faster than the previous version, the updated NVIDIA libraries allow the MPC capability to be more rapidly and expansively developed in ways that were not possible before this update.

MPC raytracing and analyses can now be run in both single (32-bit) and double (64-bit) float precision.

More information can be found in our knowledgebase: FRED v21.42 Highlights