Otoy's OctaneRender, a complex Nvidia CUDA application, automatically runs on an AMD FirePro GPU (W9100) without changing a single line of code:
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Otoy’s RNDR harnesses 14,000 GPUs to render cloud-based graphics

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Blockchain-based rendering platform RNDR has harnessed the graphics processing power of more than 14,000 graphics processing units (GPU) provided by individuals who contribute the GPUs to the cloud network.

Los Angeles-Based Otoy, which created software used to make special effects in Westworld and The Avengers, wanted to enable everyday content creators to make awesome graphics that we all admire in video games and movies.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.