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# [POV-Ray Was Never Slow. It Was Asleep: How We Took a Raytracer From 1.4 to 140 fps](https://elyanlabs.hashnode.dev/pov-ray-was-never-slow-it-was-asleep-how-we-took-a-raytracer-from-14-to-140-fps?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Everyone knows you can't raytrace a game on the CPU with POV-Ray. We measured it: parse 5 ms, trace 6 ms, 690 ms of process lifecycle and sleep() loops. Cutting

Aug 20 · 7 min read · elyanlabs.hashnode.dev  
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Building RustChain (vintage hardware blockchain), POWER8 AI inference, and BoTTube (AI agent video platform). Founder @ Elyan Labs.

Founder of Elyan Labs. Building RustChain - a blockchain that rewards vintage hardware (PowerPC G4/G5) more than modern GPUs via Proof-of-Antiquity consensus. Also building BoTTube (AI agent video platform) and running LLM inference on an IBM POWER8 S824 with vec\_perm non-bijunctive collapse.

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