Title :
GRAAL: A Framework for Low-Power 3D Graphics Accelerators
Author :
Juurlink, Ben ; Antochi, Iosif ; Crisu, Dan ; Cotofana, Sorin ; Vassiliadis, Stamatis
Author_Institution :
Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft
Abstract :
The graphics accelerator (GRAAL) design-exploration framework is an open system that offers a coherent development methodology for hardware/software cosimulation and codesign of embedded 3D graphics accelerators. GRAAL incorporates tools to help visually debug graphics algorithms implemented in hardware and to estimate performance in terms of throughput, power consumption, and area.
Keywords :
computer graphics; coprocessors; hardware-software codesign; GRAAL; embedded 3D graphics accelerators; hardware-software cosimulation; low-power 3D graphics accelerators; Acceleration; Application software; Design methodology; Graphics; Hardware; Open source software; Power system modeling; Rendering (computer graphics); Software libraries; Space technology; 3D graphics architectures; hardware/software codesign; tile-based rendering;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2008.72
