Title :
Quadratic Surface Rendering on a Logic-Enhanced Frame-Buffer Memory
Author :
Goldfeather, Jack ; Fuchs, Henry
Author_Institution :
Carleton College
Abstract :
A new system, Pixel-powers, has been designed for the rapid rendering of curved surfaces. This system is a generalization of the design of our logic-enhanced framed buffer memory system, Pixel-planes. Our new design can directly evaluate quadratic expressions of the form Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F for every pixel (x,y) in the image in parallel. Sample images generated by a high-level simulation of the new system are shown.
Keywords :
Added delay; Computational modeling; Joining processes; Lifting equipment; Real time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Tree data structures; Tree graphs;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.1986.276610
