Add GPU-accelerated raytracer (45x speedup) #6
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Summary
Adds GPU acceleration using Numba CUDA, achieving 45x speedup over CPU multiprocessing (530x over single-core).
Performance
Tested on NVIDIA GB10 (Blackwell, Compute Capability 12.1):
Changes
gpu_engine.py- Numba CUDA kernels with structure-of-arrays memory layoutmain_gpu.py- GPU entry pointpyproject.toml- Modern Python packaging with dependenciesexamples/manyballs.py- Larger benchmark sceneREADME.md- GPU documentationKey optimizations
The clean architecture of the original made GPU porting straightforward.