Display Architecture for VLSI-based Graphics Workstations
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At present, two popular development areas in computer graphics are improvement of interaction behaviour and more realistic graphics. The architecture for a high quality interactive workstation proposed in this work is designed such that both demanding and in a sense competing needs can be served. Calculations for generating realistic full 3-D scenes with lighting, transparency, reflection , and refraction effects, are done on the workstation itself. Intermediate results are stored to locally serve high level interaction mechanisms.
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