Title :
Implementing Neon: a 256-bit graphics accelerator
Author :
McCormack, Joel ; McNamara, Robert ; Gianos, Christopher ; Jouppi, Norman P. ; Dutton, Todd ; Zurawski, John ; Seiler, Larry ; Correll, Ken
Author_Institution :
Compaq Comput. Corp., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
High-performance 3D graphics accelerators traditionally require multiple chips on multiple boards. In contrast, Neon-a single chip-performs like a multichip design, accelerating openGL 3D rendering and X11 and windows/NT 2D rendering
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; image processing; rendering (computer graphics); 256 bit; 256-bit graphics accelerator; 3D graphics accelerators; Neon; X11; openGL 3D rendering; single chip; windows/NT 2D rendering; Acceleration; Application specific integrated circuits; Bandwidth; Computer graphics; Logic arrays; Prefetching; Rendering (computer graphics); SDRAM; Software performance; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
