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This work addresses aspects of several topics related to the general problems of hardware architecture for high performance interactive display systems for computer processed imagery. The general characteristics important for such systems are outlined with emphasis on multiple format object oriented structures. A special purpose multiprocessor architecture is then described which facilitates the real-time display and interactive manipulation of shaded three dimensional objects or object surfaces on a conventional raster scan CRT. Finally, a summary of some possible alternative technologies for system implementation is presented including a concept proposal for a true three dimensional display system based on hybrid techniques. General comments follow encouraging the active investigation and development of emerging non-traditional technologies for use in architectures for spatially distributed data.
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Goldwasser, S.M. (1985). Computer Architecture for Interactive Display of Segmented Imagery. In: Freeman, H., Pieroni, G.G. (eds) Computer Architectures for Spatially Distributed Data. NATO ASI Series, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82150-9_5
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