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First-Generation ASCI Production Visualization Environment
September/October 1999 (vol. 19 no. 5)
pp. 66-71
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| Philip D. Heermann, "First-Generation ASCI Production Visualization Environment," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 66-71, September/October, 1999. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/38.788802, author = {Philip D. Heermann}, title = {First-Generation ASCI Production Visualization Environment}, journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications}, volume = {19}, number = {5}, issn = {0272-1716}, year = {1999}, pages = {66-71}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.788802}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications TI - First-Generation ASCI Production Visualization Environment IS - 5 SN - 0272-1716 SP66 EP71 EPD - 66-71 A1 - Philip D. Heermann, PY - 1999 KW - Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative KW - Visualization KW - Isosurfacing KW - Systems Engineering KW - Massive Parallel Processing VL - 19 JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.788802
The delivery of the first one tera-operations-per-second computer has significantly affected production data visualization, including data transfer, postprocessing, and rendering. Terascale computing has motivated a need to consider the entire data visualization system; improving a single algorithm will not suffice. This article presents a systems approach to decrease by a factor of four the time required to prepare large data sets for visualization. Daily production use requires balancing all stages in the processing pipeline, from physics simulation code to pixels on a screen, to yield good overall performance. The article also considers user display systems for individuals and teams, to complete the data path from screen to the analyst's eye. Performance of the initial visualization system is compared with recent improvements. "Lessons learned" from the coordinated deployment of improved algorithms also are discussed, including the need for 64-bit addressing and a fully parallel data visualization pipeline.
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Index Terms:
Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative, Visualization, Isosurfacing, Systems Engineering, Massive Parallel Processing
Citation:
Philip D. Heermann, "First-Generation ASCI Production Visualization Environment," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 66-71, Sept.-Oct. 1999, doi:10.1109/38.788802
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