A visualization programming environment for multicomputers

Author

Bishop, Gary ; Monger, Mary ; Ramsey, Paul

Author_Institution

Sun Microsyst., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1990

fDate

7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

58

Abstract

The programming and run-time environment used for the authors´ multicomputer visualization software are described. The particular approach to using multicomputers for scientific visualization provides a uniform interface to system and communications facilities and promotes modularity and code reuse. No breakthrough technology is involved; rather, a collection of methods that have been developed by others has been optimized for visual computing applications and unified into a system that is simple to use and easy to port to new hardware. The C language is used. Initial experience with the system has been good.<>

Keywords

geometrical optics; programming environments; solid modelling; user interfaces; C language; code reuse; modularity; multicomputers; run-time environment; scientific visualization; visualization programming environment; Computer graphics; Computer networks; Data visualization; Hardware; Image processing; Programming environments; Rendering (computer graphics); Software libraries; Sun; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.56299

Filename

56299