Practical Parallel Rendering

by Alan Chalmers (Editor), Erik Reinhard (Editor), Tim Davis (Editor)

Overview

Meeting the growing demands for speed and quality in rendering computer graphics images requires new techniques. Practical parallel rendering provides one of the most practical solutions. This book addresses the basic issues of rendering within a parallel or distributed computing environment, and considers the strengths and weaknesses of multiprocessor machines and networked render farms for graphics rendering. Case studies of working applications demonstrate, in detail, practical ways of dealing with complex issues involved in parallel processing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568811796
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/26/2002
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan Charmers

Table of Contents

Part I: Parallel Rendering 1. Introduction to Parallel Processing 2. Task Scheduling and Data Management 3. Parallel Global Illumination Algorithms 4. Overview of Parallel Graphics Hardware 5. Coherence in Ray Tracing Part II: Case Studies 6. Interactive Ray Tracing on a Supercomputer 7. Interactive Ray Tracing on PCs 8. The "Kilauea" Massively Parallel Ray Tracer 9. Parallel Ray Tracing on a Chip