Logo image
MPI and POV-Ray parallel solution to improve performance of photo-realistic rendering utilizing Albacore and Sequoia
Conference paper

MPI and POV-Ray parallel solution to improve performance of photo-realistic rendering utilizing Albacore and Sequoia

S.E. O'Keeffe, J. Breland and M.F. Shiratuddin
2012 International Conference on Computer & Information Science (ICCIS), pp.973-978
IEEE
International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12/06/2012–14/06/2012)
2012
url
Link to Published Version *Subscription may be requiredView

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to improve current photo-realistic rendering techniques of 3D computer generated images. Recent serial program techniques include 'rendering-farms' that consist of numerous topologically linked computers to improve performance, cost, and rendering time. The contribution of this research is to utilize the rendering farm philosophy, by utilizing parallel computing techniques and multi-thread processing. This research correlates the new parallel performance with traditional serial approach. This paper presents the cost, parallel overhead, and efficiency of rendering on Sequoia. The implementation of higher-level languages and how a message can be passed efficiently are described. A comparison between both serial and parallel code has also been made.

Details

Metrics

84 Record Views
Logo image