Parallelism in Rendering Algorithms

The need for increased computing power for rendering computer imagery is motivated and the sources from which it might de derived surveyed. Increased power can come from parallelism, as well as faster technology, implying new machine architectures and new algorithms. Surveys sketch early att~mpts at using available parallel architectures and look at the limitations and strengths of some existing architectures. Finally, potential parallel algorthms for the rendering process are sketched including rough analyses of potential performance bottlenecks.