I saw this little blurb over at HardOCP and thought I would pass it along as it may be of interest to you. I'll clip a piece out and post it, here is the link to the full article:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_16775.html

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NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, today announced that NVIDIA® Gelato™ 1.1, the latest version of its hardware-accelerated, final-frame renderer, is now available for sale directly from NVIDIA and through its global network of resellers. The Gelato 1.1 renderer features a new version of its Mango™ plug-in for Alias® Maya® and introduces an innovative new feature called Preview Mode that allows for ultra-high speed rendering of an image with user-defined image quality and fidelity to preview the final render.

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wow, so my computer can render dessert?

All jokes aside, it sounds pretty interesting.