Fbram: A new form of memory optimized for 3D graphics

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 167-174

  Deering, Michael F ^a   Schlapp, Stephen A ^a   Lavelle, Michael G ^a  

^a SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

3D graphics hardware; Caching; Dynamic memory; Parallel graphics algorithms; Rendering

Indexed keywords

CACHE MEMORY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PIXELS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

3D GRAPHICS; CACHING; DYNAMIC MEMORY; GRAPHICS ALGORITHMS; RENDERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84995478726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/192161.192194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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