Title :
An introduction to the architecture of the Stellar Graphics supercomputer
Author :
Sporer, Michael ; Moss, Franklin H. ; Mathias, Craig J.
Author_Institution :
Stellar Comput. Inc., Newton, MA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988
Abstract :
A description is given of the Stellar Graphics supercomputer, a class of systems that tightly integrates the processing capabilities of minisupercomputers with high-performance three-dimensional graphics in a single user package. The novel architectural concepts used to meet Stellar´s goals for performance, size, and price are introduced. The Stellar graphics and concurrency are discussed.<>
Keywords :
computer graphic equipment; parallel architectures; parallel machines; Stellar Graphics supercomputer; concurrency; minisupercomputers; three-dimensional graphics; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; High performance computing; Packaging; Pipelines; Rendering (computer graphics); Supercomputers; Synchronization; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0828-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4912
