@preibischs @naturemethods Congratulations! But why the weird undersell in the size department?
Owing to current limitations in Java arrays, the theoretical upper limit is 2^31 = 2,147,483,648 blocks, with each block maximally containing 2^31 = 2,147,483,648 pixels (for example 2048 × 2048 × 512 pixels). Given sufficient storage and compute resources, the limit for RS-FISH is thus 4,072 peta-pixels (4,072 petabytes at 8 bit, or 8,144 petabytes at 16 bit) taking into account the overhead, whereas every individual block locally processes only 2 gigapixels (2^31 = 2,147,483,648 pixels).
@herrsaalfeld @naturemethods @davi
yes, 4,072 peta-pixels is ~4 exa-pixels - I just thought people can relate more to peta than exa.
I did not know that 2^63 blocks are supported … that increases that number significantly … mmh
@preibischs @naturemethods @davi... this looked readable in a browser, but borked in the Android client. No lists, quotes, paragraphs in client markdown?