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Advanced 2D Rasterization on Modern CPUs

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The graphics processing unit (GPU) has become part of our everyday life through desktop computers and portable devices (tablets, mobile phones, etc.). Because of the dedicated hardware visualization has been significantly accelerated and today’s software uses only the GPU for rasterization. Besides the graphical devices, the central processing unit (CPU) has also made remarkable progress. Multi-core architectures and new instruction sets have appeared. This chapter aims to investigate how effectively multi-core architecture can be applied in the two-dimensional rasterization process and what the benefits and bottlenecks of this rendering model are. We answer the question of whether it would be possible to design a software rendering engine to meet the requirements of today’s computer games.

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The described work was carried out as part of the TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0008 project in the framework of the New Hungarian Development Plan. The realization of this project is supported by the European Union, co-financed by the European Social Fund.

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  1. Department of Information Technology, University of Miskolc, Miskolc-Egyetemváros, Miskolc, 3515, Hungary

    Péter Mileff

  2. Department of Structural Integrity, Bay Zoltán Non-profit Ltd, Iglói út 2, Miskolc, 3519, Hungary

    Judit Dudra

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Mileff, P., Dudra, J. (2014). Advanced 2D Rasterization on Modern CPUs. In: Bognár, G., Tóth, T. (eds) Applied Information Science, Engineering and Technology. Topics in Intelligent Engineering and Informatics, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01919-2_5

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