There are easier ways to compare. D2D is something like 40% faster than software (Bas, is that the right ballpark?). So if you get a 2x+ speedup with concurrent software rendering, you win.
Thanks, Andreas > On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:08 PM, Jack Moffitt <j...@metajack.im> wrote: > >>> We should experiment with parallel software rendering. Using skia on >>> many cores might be faster than using D2D in practice, for example. >> >> Glad to hear you say that, because the first part of that experiment >> (parallel CPU rendering) is already done and on by default in Servo's master >> branch. :) All we'd need is the D2D backend to compare it to. > > I don't know that there is a blocker to using other Azure backends > right now, but it doesn't work for some reason. I'm not sure if anyone > has investigated yet. Obivously for Direct2D there is the matter of > getting a Windows port up and running. > > jack. _______________________________________________ dev-servo mailing list dev-servo@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-servo
