Distributing display lists on a multicomputer
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics
- Vol. 24 (2) , 147-154
- https://doi.org/10.1145/91394.91437
Abstract
We have developed techniques for distributing a hierarchical display list from a PHIGS-like library across a multicomputer. By storing a portion of the database at each processor, inter-processor communication is reduced. This reduction promises traversal of the display list at rates supporting rendering speeds of one million polygons/second or more, as we hope to achieve on our new machine, Pixel-Planes 5 (under construction). Our distribution techniques support order-dependent primitives and allow general display list editing.Keywords
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