Parallelism Brings CAD Exchanger* Software Dramatic
Gains in Performance and User Satisfaction, Plus a
Competitive Advantage.
�CAD Exchanger* is broadly using multi-threaded
algorithms to increase performance on multi-core systems,�
said Roman Lygin of CADEX, Ltd. �This is the key advantage
over our competitors.� Benchmarks show how it outperforms
earlier editions in significant ways:
Some heavyweight computational algorithms, such as blended
surface approximation, were accelerated by 15X over
single-thread mode.
Multi-threaded visualization significantly increased the
responsiveness of the GUI application, which in turn
improved the user experience. Less time spent waiting
means more time to interact and innovate.
Parallel file I/O is 2.5� faster, and visualization time
was reduced by up to 4X.
The CADEX team credits several Intel� software
developer tools for playing a major role in the team�s
productivity as well as improving the robustness of CAD
Exchanger products:
Intel� Parallel Studio XE simplifies the design,
development, debug, and tuning of code that efficiently
uses parallel processing. It played a major role in
boosting the CAD Exchanger team�s productivity.
Intel� Threading Building Blocks (Intel� TBB), a
component of Intel Parallel Studio XE, is an award-winning
C/C++ library that enables high performance and scalability
for parallel computing. Roman calls Intel TBB �the backbone
of CAD Exchanger�s parallelism� and relies on it for the
building blocks of parallel 3D model conversion,
asynchronous I/O, and concurrent visualization of 3D
assemblies.
Intel� VTune Amplifier XE is a performance profiler
that provides rich performance insight into hotspots,
threading, locks and waits, OpenCL, bandwidth, and more.
The team relies on the tool to detect bottlenecks and
analyze scalability.
Intel� Inspector XE is an easy-to-use memory and
threading error debugger used to identify issues such as
leaks and allocation errors, deadlocks, and data races. No
special compilers or builds are required, just a normal
debug build.
