Sort-first, distributed memory parallel visualization and rendering

PVG 2003, Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 41-50

  Bethel, E W ^a,b   Humphreys, G ^c   Paul, B ^d   Brederson, J D ^e  

^a R3vis Corporation   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Tungsten Graphics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Chromium; Concurrent computing; Costs; Data visualization; Graphics; Hardware; Layout; Rendering (computer graphics); Technology management

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CHROMIUM; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COSTS; DATA VISUALIZATION; HARDWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS); VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

CONCURRENT COMPUTING; GRAPHICS; LAYOUT; PARALLEL VISUALIZATION; PARALLEL VOLUME RENDERING; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84947272506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVGS.2003.1249041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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