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Title: Design and Implementation of a Three--Dimensional Color Graphics System on a Parallel Computer MUNAP Using Extended L6 Language.
Authors: Baba, Takanobu1, Kagaya, Manabu1, Yoshinaga, Tsutomu1, Okuda, Kenzo1, Suzuki, Shinji2, Yamazaki, Katsuhiro3
Source: Systems & Computers in Japan. 1990, Vol. 21 Issue 12, p10-21. 12p.
Subjects: List processing (Electronic computers), Electronic data processing, Electronic file management, Sorting (Electronic computers), Databases
Abstract: List processing languages are applied widely to graphics systems for the following reasons. The three-dimensional color figure can be defined by a structured data. In the application of the graphics system to CAD and other systems, the application system can efficiently be realized by the combination and hierarchical structure of the basic figures. As one of the serious problems in this approach, it has been pointed out that the execution performance is low. From such a viewpoint, this paper aims at the improvement of the execution performance. The low-level list processing language is extended as a graphics description language. The processings of floating-point arithmetic, matrix manipulation and elementary functions are included. The firmware interpreter is implemented on a two-level microprogram-controlled parallel processing computer MUNAP. Employing the constructed processing system, processings such as definition of object, figure manipulation and elimination! display of occlusion are realized. The execution performance of the system is compared with that of the general-purpose computer. It is seen as a result of evaluation that the basic graphics operation such as translation and rotation can be executed by the constructed system with 3.0 and 7.2 times higher execution performance (in terms of machine cycles) than the general-purpose workstation. Discussions are made on the effects of the definition of application-oriented high-level function, MUNAP architecture and the firmware on the improvement of the performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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