NewtonFractal-ISPC

An Newton Fractal accelerated with ISPC (Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler).

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Features

• Fast fractal rendering using ISPC (SPMD-on-SIMD).
• Adjustable polynomial degree n and iteration count.

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Running the Prebuilt Binary

If you just want to try it out:

1. Download the NewtonFractal.zip from the Releases page.
2. Extract it anywhere.
3. Run newton.exe.

Note:

• The provided build is compiled for modern CPUs with AVX2 support.
• On older CPUs without AVX2, you may need to rebuild with a lower ISPC target (change of CMakeLists.txt sse2-i32x4).

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Building from Source

Prerequisites

• CMake 3.16+
• C++17 compiler (Visual Studio 2019/2022 on Windows, GCC/Clang on Linux/macOS)
• ISPC

Build Steps

# Configure (Release mode)
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

# Build
cmake --build build --config Release