An efficient data-parallel architecture for volume rendering

Author

Nguyen, H.T. ; Srinivasan, Rajagopalan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Syst. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

1994

fDate

22-26 Aug 1994

Firstpage

664

Abstract

We present the bottlenecks involved in the real time visualization of volumetric data using a volume rendering technique. Unlike the current trend of best-fitting the algorithm to a fixed architecture, we analyzed the performance of our architecture independent algorithm over a wide range of data parallel architectures using dpsim-a data parallel simulator. The result led to a best-fit architecture that meets the “near” real time requirements. We chose the data parallel paradigm because of the overall simplicity it offers, and because is expected to be a component in the next generation of high end workstations

Keywords

data visualisation; parallel architectures; rendering (computer graphics); architecture independent algorithm; best-fitting; data parallel architectures; data parallel simulator; data-parallel architecture; dpsim; high end workstations; real time visualization; volume rendering; volumetric data; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Computer architecture; Costs; Data visualization; Parallel architectures; Performance analysis; Real time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '94. IEEE Region 10's Ninth Annual International Conference. Theme: Frontiers of Computer Technology. Proceedings of 1994

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1862-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1994.369221

Filename

369221