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A user-programmable vertex engine
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| Venue: | In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (ACM SIGGRAPH 2001 |
| Citations: | 192 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Lindholm_auser-programmable,
author = {Erik Lindholm and Mark J Kilgard and Henry Moreton},
title = {A user-programmable vertex engine},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (ACM SIGGRAPH 2001},
year = {},
publisher = {ACM Press}
}
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Abstract
In this paper we describe the design, programming interface, and implementation of a very efficient user-programmable vertex engine. The vertex engine of NVIDIA’s GeForce3 GPU evolved from a highly tuned fixed-function pipeline requiring considerable knowledge to program. Programs operate only on a stream of independent vertices traversing the pipe. Embedded in the broader fixed function pipeline, our approach preserves parallelism sacrificed by previous approaches. The programmer is presented with a straightforward programming model, which is supported by transparent multi-threading and bypassing to preserve parallelism and performance. In the remainder of the paper we discuss the motivation behind our design and contrast it with previous work. We present the programming model, the instruction set selection process, and
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user-programmable vertex engine transparent multi-threading considerable knowledge programming model selection process vertex engine previous work previous approach nvidia geforce3 gpu fixed function pipeline fixed-function pipeline independent vertex efficient user-programmable vertex engine
