Title :
Adding 3D graphics support to PLX
Author :
Yang, Xiao ; Lee, Ruby
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
PLX is a compact, fully subword-parallel instruction set architecture (ISA) for very fast multimedia processing. This paper adds floating-point instructions to PLX for 3D graphics processing, which is essential for applications such as games and digital content creation. Based on an analysis of the 3D graphics pipeline from an ISA point of view, we show the operations and data types needed. We present the FP ISA and demonstrate its use and performance with code examples from the 3D graphics pipeline.
Keywords :
computer graphics; floating point arithmetic; image processing; instruction sets; multimedia computing; parallel architectures; pipeline arithmetic; 3D graphics support; PLX; digital content creation; floating point instructions; multimedia processing; parallel instruction set architecture; processor architecture; Computer architecture; Graphics; Hardware; Information processing; Instruction sets; Layout; Pipelines; Portable computers; Rendering (computer graphics); Software libraries;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Research and Education, 2003. Proceedings. ITRE2003. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7724-9
DOI :
10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270568
