GRAAL: A framework for low-power 3D graphics accelerators

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Juurlink, Ben ^a   Antochi, Iosif ^a   Crisu, Dan ^a   Cotofana, Sorin ^a   Vassiliadis, Stamatis ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D graphics architectures; Data models; Data visualization; Engines; Graphics; Hardware; Hardware software codesign; Libraries; Tile based rendering; Tiles

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CO DESIGNS; CO-SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES; GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS; GRAPHICS ALGORITHMS; LOW POWERS; POWER CONSUMPTION (CE); THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 47849098571     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2008.72     Document Type: Article

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