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		nanxor on Feb 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Set Up an OpAmp Circuit to Do Complex Mathe... Is it possible that high precision/performance analog devices might perform some graphics tasks (e.g. ray tracing) faster than digital computers?

xyzzyz on Feb 17, 2017 | [–]

Sure -- if you cast light at physical objects, and then collect the reflected light with photo-sensitive component, you can perform real-time ray-tracing with arbitrarily good accuracy.

brians on Feb 17, 2017 | [–]

Well, sure. An analog ray tracer is called a camera. Scene setup can take a while, though.

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