https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/what-is-this-photon-engine-i-keep-hearing-about/m-p/22901#M15771 <P>It's our new high-performance runtime, using a native vectorized engine developed in C++.</P><P></P><P>Please see our blog for a great overview. </P><P><A href="https://databricks.com/blog/2021/06/17/announcing-photon-public-preview-the-next-generation-query-engine-on-the-databricks-lakehouse-platform.html" target="test_blank">https://databricks.com/blog/2021/06/17/announcing-photon-public-preview-the-next-generation-query-engine-on-the-databricks-lakehouse-platform.html</A></P><P></P><P>Databricks SQL uses Photon by default. (You can turn it off)</P><P>Databricks DE/DS has an option to choose Photon as an engine for your compute intensive workloads.</P> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:13:51 GMT MoJaMa 2021-06-18T01:13:51Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/what-is-this-photon-engine-i-keep-hearing-about/m-p/22900#M15770 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:10:39 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/what-is-this-photon-engine-i-keep-hearing-about/m-p/22900#M15770 MoJaMa 2021-06-18T01:10:39Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/what-is-this-photon-engine-i-keep-hearing-about/m-p/22901#M15771 <P>It's our new high-performance runtime, using a native vectorized engine developed in C++.</P><P></P><P>Please see our blog for a great overview. </P><P><A href="https://databricks.com/blog/2021/06/17/announcing-photon-public-preview-the-next-generation-query-engine-on-the-databricks-lakehouse-platform.html" target="test_blank">https://databricks.com/blog/2021/06/17/announcing-photon-public-preview-the-next-generation-query-engine-on-the-databricks-lakehouse-platform.html</A></P><P></P><P>Databricks SQL uses Photon by default. (You can turn it off)</P><P>Databricks DE/DS has an option to choose Photon as an engine for your compute intensive workloads.</P> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:13:51 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/what-is-this-photon-engine-i-keep-hearing-about/m-p/22901#M15771 MoJaMa 2021-06-18T01:13:51Z