Paper Details

Parallelisation for the progressive refinement radiosity method for the synthesis of realistic images

Authors: Green, Peter, Morgan, Ed

Abstract:

This paper discusses strategies for parallelising the radiosity method for image synthesis applicable to message passing architectures, in particular, transputer-based machines. The basic radiosity method, and a number of its developments are reviewed, as are previous parallelisation schemes. A number of parallelisation strategies are then discussed, with emphasis being placed on techniques for maximising the efficiency of the schemes by reducing communications overheads, scene structuring and scene partitioning. Results from the implementation of the various parallelisation approaches on a transputer-based Meiko Computing Surface are presented. The implications of the parallelisation strategies in terms of solution quality are also considered.

Proceedings:

Proceedings of WoTUG-18: Transputer and occam Developments, Patrick Nixon, 1995, pp 97 - 112 published by IOS Press, Amsterdam

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