A Geometry Data Independent Load Balancing Method For Graphics Parallel Rendering

Zhefan Jin 
Zhejiang University
State Key Lab of CAD&CG
 310027, HangZhou
PRC.

e-mail:jinzf@cad.zju.edu.cn

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Jiaoying Shi 
Zhejiang University
State Key Lab of CAD&CG
 310027, HangZhou
PRC.

e-mail:jyshi@cad.zju.edu.cn

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Abstract

We describe a novel load-balancing method for sort-first parallel graphics rendering systems. It gives up geometry data which could be very large and tends to cause unacceptable cost. Instead it takes rendering time as the measurement of render nodesĄŻ work load and produces new screen decomposition using a time-to-space algorithm. Test results show that the geometry data independent method is very effective.