Towards a Taxonomy for Display Processors
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1989
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
Image generation for raster displays proceeds in two main steps: geometry processing and pixel processing. The snbsystem performing the pixel processing is called display processor.In the paper a model for the displa.y processor is developed that takes into account both function and timing properties. The model identifies scan conversion, hidden surface removal, shading and anti-aliasing as tile key functions of the display processor. The timing model is expressed in an inequation being fundamental for all display processor architectures.On the basis of that model a taxonomy is presented which classifies display processors according to four main criteria: function, partitioning, a.rchitecture and performance.The taxonomy is applied to five real display processors: Pixel-planes, SLAM, PROOF, the Ray-Casting Machine and the Structured Frame Store System.Investigation of existing display processor architectures on the basis of the devel oped taxonomy revealed a potential new architecture. This architecture partitions the image generation process ill image space and employs a. tree topology.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:EGGH/EGGH89/003-036,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware},
editor = {Richard Grimsdale and Wolfgang Strasser},
title = {{Towards a Taxonomy for Display Processors}},
author = {Schneider, Bengt-Olaf},
year = {1989},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1727-3471},
ISBN = {ISBN 3-540-53473-3},
DOI = {10.2312/EGGH/EGGH89/003-036}
}