DocumentCode :
402659
Title :
A novel memory access mechanism for arbitrary-view-projection volume rendering
Author :
Chiueh, Tzi-cker
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
fYear :
1993
fDate :
15-19 Nov. 1993
Firstpage :
690
Lastpage :
698
Abstract :
Direct rendering of volume data is both conceptually simpler and more capable of producing visually superior results than other rendering methods. Special hardware architecture for direct volume rendering enables interactive exploration of volume data from arbitrary projection angles, which would otherwise take significantly longer due to its enormous computation and memory requirements. This paper proposes a new architecture called FAVOR, which features a novel memory access scheme that eliminates the most critical bottleneck in hardware rendering machines, and provides conflict-free parallel accesses to volume data. A preliminary performance analysis shows that the extra overhead incurred by this scheme is rather marginal, within 20% of the target performance for a 16 frames/s volume rendering rate at the 512 × 512 × 512 resolution.
Keywords :
access protocols; computer graphic equipment; memory protocols; parallel machines; performance evaluation; rendering (computer graphics); special purpose computers; FAVOR architecture; arbitrary projection angles; arbitrary-view-projection volume rendering; conflict-free parallel accesses; direct volume rendering; hardware architecture; hardware rendering machines; interactive exploration; memory access mechanism; memory requirements; overhead; performance analysis; target performance; volume data; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Computer science; Data visualization; Delay; Hardware; Performance analysis; Rendering (computer graphics); Supercomputers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '93. Proceedings
ISSN :
1063-9535
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4340-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1993.1263523
Filename :
1263523
Link To Document :
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