Visualization tools at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Author

Cabral, Brian ; Hunter, Carol L.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA

Volume

22

Issue

8

fYear

1989

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

84

Abstract

An examination is made of three projects underway at LLNL. The Magic (Machine Graphics in Color) Project is developing techniques to move data from a Cray supercomputer and effectively display it on high-resolution color terminal in the scientist´s office. In a follow-on to this project, laser disk technology provides a real-time animation capability. The Graphics Workstation Project has examined visualization applications of workstations with graphics accelerators and is currently extending this work to ´graphics minisupercomputers´. The Advanced Visualization Research Project uses high-end graphics devices to perform algorithm development, especially in the implementation of volumetric methods.<>

Keywords

computer animation; computer graphic equipment; Advanced Visualization Research Project; Cray supercomputer; Graphics Workstation Project; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Machine Graphics in Color; Magic; graphics accelerators; graphics minisupercomputers; high-end graphics devices; laser disk technology; real-time animation capability; visualization tools; volumetric methods; Chemical lasers; Computer graphics; Data visualization; Laboratories; Laser fusion; Laser theory; Magnetic separation; Nuclear weapons; Supercomputers; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.35204

Filename

35204