Title :
Ray casting on shared-memory architectures: memory-hierarchy considerations in volume rendering
Author :
Palmer, Michael E. ; Totty, Brian ; Taylor, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Inktomi Corp., San Mateo, CA, USA
Abstract :
To improve ray casting frame rates on shared memory architectures, the authors explore memory hierarchy effects and their interaction with parallel partitioning and load balancing. With their optimizations, a 16-processor Power Challenge machine renders a 1-Gbyte data set at a frame per second-faster than previously reported for a data set this large
Keywords :
ray tracing; rendering (computer graphics); resource allocation; shared memory systems; software performance evaluation; Power Challenge machine; data set; frame rates; load balancing; memory hierarchy; optimizations; parallel partitioning; ray casting; shared memory architectures; volume rendering; Bones; Casting; Displays; Graphics; Memory architecture; Muscles; Partitioning algorithms; Power generation; Rendering (computer graphics); Silicon;
Journal_Title :
Concurrency, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4434.656777
