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The Pixel Machine: A Parallel Image Computer
Michael Potmesil, Eric M. Hoffert
Computer Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 89), July 1989, pp. 69--78.

Abstract: A discussion on the architecture of the Pixel Machine, a parallel system of DSP chips with a distributed frame buffer, and how it is used to display pictures. Compare with Pixel-Planes, the Connection Machine, and systolic array systems. One of the few machines of its type sold commercially. architecture of a machine which can ray trace quickly

Keyword(s): active/passive server, parallel paging

BibTeX format:

@inproceedings{Potmesil:1989:TPM,
  author = {Michael Potmesil and Eric M. Hoffert},
  title = {The Pixel Machine: A Parallel Image Computer},
  booktitle = {Computer Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 89)},
  pages = {69--78},
  month = jul,
  year = {1989},
}

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