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SIGGRAPH
1994
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
FBRAM: a new form of memory optimized for 3D graphics
FBRAM, a new form of dynamic random access memory that greatly accelerates the rendering of Z-buffered primitives, is presented. Two key concepts make this acceleration possible. ...
Michael F. Deering, Stephen A. Schlapp, Michael G....
WAN
1998
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Performance Analysis of Wavefront Algorithms on Very-Large Scale Distributed Systems
We present a model for the parallel performance of algorithms that consist of concurrent, two-dimensional wavefronts implemented in a message passing environment. The model combine...
Adolfy Hoisie, Olaf M. Lubeck, Harvey J. Wasserman
HIPC
2009
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
Detailed analysis of I/O traces for large scale applications
- In this paper, we present a tool to extract I/O traces from very large applications running at full scale during their production runs. We analyze these traces to gain informatio...
Nithin Nakka, Alok N. Choudhary, Wei-keng Liao, Le...
ANCS
2010
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
The case for hardware transactional memory in software packet processing
Software packet processing is becoming more important to enable differentiated and rapidly-evolving network services. With increasing numbers of programmable processor and acceler...
Martin Labrecque, J. Gregory Steffan
ICDCSW
2003
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Exploring Edge-Based Input Techniques for Handheld Text Entry
We are investigating how handheld devices like Palm PDAs and PocketPCs can be used as assistive technologies for computer access by people with motor impairments such as Muscular ...
Jacob O. Wobbrock, Brad A. Myers, Scott E. Hudson