TOOLS SPOTLIGHT This month: IncrediBuild
INCREDIBUILD AIMS TO provide a paradigm shift in code build acceleration. With its custom distributed computing and process virtualisation technology, the software transforms any network of PCs and servers into a virtual high- performance computer. It takes a single process, breaks it
into components, and executes them concurrently in parallel across multiple machines. The greater number of source files, the larger the improvement. Founded in 2002 by Uri Mishol and Uri Shaham, the idea behind this technology was to use distributed computing for continuous analysis, development and monitoring. “IncrediBuild does not require any
integration or API to be connected in order to work with it. For the code build acceleration, it is completely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and other build tools such as Make, GMake, Scons and many more,” the firm’s CEO Eyal Maor explains. “IncrediBuild supports other common compilers such as Intel C++, Intel Fortran and Nvidia’s CUDA. Any application can easily be configured
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to accelerate its heavyweight compute intensive processes with a simple file configuration.” He continues: “One of the most
interesting technological aspects of IncrediBuild is that you don’t need to install anything on the remote machines except for an IncrediBuild lit agent. IncrediBuild’s unique process virtualisation technology creates the environment the remotely executed process requires while the process is executing. Much like a virtual machine virtualises an entire machine in advance, IncrediBuild virtualises the environment the process requires on the fly, including input and output files, DLLs, registry information and more.” The tool itself is has been used in
the development of SimCity, FIFA, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Pro Evolution Soccer, Need for Speed Most Wanted and The Sims. Many Microsoft Studios titles for Xbox 360, as well as games for PS3 and the Nintendo Wii U, have made use of IncrediBuild. The firm is also cooperating with middleware providers who use its solution to accelerate their engines, such as
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