Practical Parallel Rendering

This book describes the problems associated with parallel rendering, provides a methodology as to how these problems can be minimized and demonstrates how it is indeed possible to achieve efficient parallel rendering. It presents case studies involving problems faced in parallel rendering.

List 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

About the author

Alan Charmers

Summary

This book describes the problems associated with parallel rendering, provides a methodology as to how these problems can be minimized and demonstrates how it is indeed possible to achieve efficient parallel rendering. It presents case studies involving problems faced in parallel rendering.

Product details

• Authors: Alan (Specialist Registrar in Clinical R Chalmers
• Assisted by: Alan Chalmers (Editor), Tim Davis (Editor), Davis Tim (Editor), Erik Reinhard (Editor), Reinhard Erik (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367447014
• ISBN: 978-0-367-44701-4
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; COMPUTERS / General, COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, COMPUTERS / Computer Architecture, Parallel processing, Grid & parallel computing