A Parallel HW/SW Environment for Image Synthesis

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dc.contributor.authorPaoluzzi, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRosina, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorScopigno, R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-21T06:10:46Z
dc.date.available2014-10-21T06:10:46Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstractIn designing graphical workstations for high-level performance presentations of graphical models, the main goal nowadays is to perform some effective real-time traversal and rendering of data. In this paper we present a reference model of parallel processing for graphics, taking into account the main aspects of colour rendering of solid hierarchical shapes- i.e., traversal of structures, hidden surfaces removal, shadow identification and light models. In particular, a parallel design of the main graphical algorithms is presented. Three abstract machines are proposed, designed respectively for data structure traversing, for depth ordering and shadows computation and finally for shape merging and screen processing. Such abstract machines, internally parallel, may be combined in various ways to define different physical architectures.CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: C.1.2 [Multiple Data Stream Architectures] MIMD Processors, Parallel Processors- 1.3.2 [Computer Graphics] Graphics Systems- 1.3.3 [Computer Graphics] Picture Generation -Display Algorithms, Viewing Algorithms- 1.3.7 [Computer Graphics] Three Dimensional Graphics and Realism - Colour, Shading, Shadowing, Visible Line/Surface I Algorithms.en_US
dc.description.number3en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume8en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8659.1989.tb00489.xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.pages227-237en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.1989.tb00489.xen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd and the Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleA Parallel HW/SW Environment for Image Synthesisen_US
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