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3DGRP — A High Performance Graphics System

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Modern high performance workstations are based on hardware support for geometry and rendering processing in conjunction with a flexible window management system. These areas are addressed by existing and forthcoming graphic systems and standards like GKS-3D, PHIGS, PHIGS+ and the X- Window System. The 3DGRP is designed to fulfil the different requirements of hardware support in these areas. The architecture presented is a homogeneous solution based on a multi-processor approach with automatic load balancing. The processors are connected tightly to a distributed frame buffer which provides high memory bandwidth. An efficient support of BitB1Ts and window addressing mechanisms is given.

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  1. H. Selzer
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  1. Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Wilhelminenstraße 7, D-61600, Darmstadt, Germany

    José L. Encarnação

  2. Graphics Research Laboratory, University of Lowell, 01854, Lowell, MA, USA

    Georges G. Grinstein

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Selzer, H., Haaker, T., Joseph, H. (1991). 3DGRP — A High Performance Graphics System. In: Encarnação, J.L., Grinstein, G.G. (eds) Workstations for Experiments. IFIP Series on Computer Graphics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75903-1_9

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