A dual-mode unified shader with frame-based dynamic precision adjustment for mobile GPUs

Proceedings - 2011 IFIP 9th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 158-165

  Chu, Slo Li ^a   Hsiao, Chih Chieh ^a   Chen, Chen Yu ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic precision rendering; Graphics hardware; Mobile devices; Unified shader

Indexed keywords

3D SCENES; DUAL MODES; DYNAMIC POWER; DYNAMIC PRECISION; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN EYE; LIMITED DEVICES; LOW POWER; QUALITY RENDERING; SCENE CHANGE DETECTION; UNIFIED SHADER;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE QUALITY; MOBILE DEVICES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84862966383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUC.2011.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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