PeterTh

# This is tested on Ubuntu 20.04 on an AMD Epyc system

# query hardware limits / capabilities with
cpupower frequency-info

# disable boost
echo "0" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
# disable idle states
sudo cpupower -c all idle-set -d 2
sudo cpupower -c all idle-set -d 1

PeterTh

Why teaching modern C++ at UIBK in the Bachelor level is a good idea

Popularity

• C++ is ranked among the top 5 in the vast majority of important programming language popularity / interest metrics, including:

  • TIOBE
  • RedMonk

• Crucially for science, it is ranked #1 in the 2016 IEEE Spectrum programming language rankings for open source projects

• IEEE Spectrum interactive report, category "Open"

PeterTh

// Overview:
// The bloom pyramid in Nier:A is built up of 5 buffers, which are sized
// 800x450, 400x225, 200x112, 100x56 and 50x28, regardless of resolution
// the mismatch between the largest buffer size and the screen resolution (in e.g. 2560x1440 or even 1920x1080)
// leads to some really ugly artifacts.
//
// To change this, we need to
// 1) Replace the rendertarget textures in question at their creation point
// 2) Adjust the viewport and some constant shader parameter each time they are rendered to
//