Editing POV-Ray (section)

===Current version===
The current official version of POV-Ray is 3.7. This version introduces:

* support for [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP), to allow the renderer to take advantage of [[Multiprocessing|multiple processors]]
* support for [[high-dynamic-range imaging]] (HDRI), including the [[OpenEXR]] and [[Radiance (software)|radiance]] file formats
* improved [[Bounding volume|bounding]] using [[Binary space partitioning|BSP]] trees

Some of the main introduced features of the previous release (3.6) are:

* extending [[UV mapping]] to more primitives
* adding 16- and 32-bit integer data to a density file
* improving [[64-bit computing|64-bit]] [[computer compatibility|compatibility]]

In July 2006, [[Intel Corporation]] started using the [[beta version]] of 3.7 to demonstrate their new [[dual-core]] [[Conroe (microprocessor)|Conroe processor]] due to the efficiency of the SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) implementation.