DPGL： The Direct3D9-based Parallel Graphics Library for Multi-display Environment

The emergence of high performance 3D graphics cards has opened the way to PC clusters for high performance multi- display environment. In order to exploit the rendering ability of PC clusters, we should design appropriate parallel rendering algorithms and parallel graphics library interfaces. Due to...

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Published in:International journal of automation and computing 2007, Vol.4 (1), p.30-37
Main Authors: Liu, Zhen, Shi, Jiao-Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clusters
Commands
Computation
Computer graphics
Design engineering
Interception
Libraries
PC集群
Personal computers
Rendering
Software
Studies
图书馆
平行制图
平行绘制
虚拟环境
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Summary:The emergence of high performance 3D graphics cards has opened the way to PC clusters for high performance multi- display environment. In order to exploit the rendering ability of PC clusters, we should design appropriate parallel rendering algorithms and parallel graphics library interfaces. Due to the rapid development of Direct3D, we bring forward DPGL, the Direct3D9-based parallel graphics library in D3DPR parallel rendering system, which implements Direct3D9 interfaces to support existing Direct3D9 application parallelization with no modification. Based on the parallelism analysis of Direct3D9 rendering pipeline, we briefly introduce D3DPR parallel rendering system. DPGL is the fundamental component of D3DPR. After presenting DPGL three layers architecture, we discuss the rendering resource interception and management. Finally, we describe the design and implementation of DPGL in detail, including rendering command interception layer, rendering command interpretation layer and rendering resource parallelization layer.
ISSN:1476-8186
1751-8520
DOI:10.1007/s11633-007-0030-7