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Explore strategies to improve rendering speed of a Mandelbrot Fractal in this 53-minute video. Begin with naive assumptions and progress through optimizing the algorithm, utilizing vector co-processing, and implementing threads and thread-pools to maximize CPU performance. Examine techniques such as escape time and release time algorithms, standard complex components, vector extensions, intrinsics, and threading. Dive into the code implementation and explore the fascinating world of fractals while learning advanced optimization techniques for computational graphics.