Realizing OpenGL: Two Implementations of One Architecture

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dc.contributor.authorKilgard, Mark J.en_US
dc.contributor.editorA. Kaufmann and W. Strasser and S. Molnar and B.-O. Schneideren_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-06T14:57:00Z
dc.date.available2014-02-06T14:57:00Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.description.abstractThe OpenGL Graphics System provides a well-specified, widely accepted dataflow for 3D graphics and imaging. OpenGL is an architecture; an OpenGL-capable computer is a hardware manifestation or implementaion of that architecture. The Onyx2 InfiniteReality and 02 workstations exemplify two very different implementations of OpenGL. The two designs respond to different cost, performance, and capability goals. Common practice is to describe a graphics hardware implementation based on how the hardware itself operates. However, this paper discusses two OpenGL hardware implementations based on how they embody the OpenGL architecture. An important thread throughout is how OpenGL implementations can be designed not merely based on graphics price-performance considerations, but also with consideration of larger system issues such as memory architecture, compression, and video processing. Just as OpenGL is influenced by wider system concerns, OpenGL itself can provide a clarifying influence on system capabilities not conventionally thought of as graphics-related.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationSIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardwareen_US
dc.identifier.isbn0-89791-961-0en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3471en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH97/045-055en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subject1.3.1 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectHardware Architectureen_US
dc.subject1.3.6 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectMethodology and Techniquesen_US
dc.subjectStandardsen_US
dc.titleRealizing OpenGL: Two Implementations of One Architectureen_US
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