EE 7700-1 - Lecture Notes

Notes on material covered in class.

• Elements of 3D Graphics

  The set presents definition of major components such as the frame buffer, material on coordinates and transformations, and basic techniques such as clipping, lighting, z-buffering, and rasterization.

• 3D Rendering Code on CPUs & Possible GPUs

  The raison d'etre for GPUs. Efficiency and suitability of CPUs for 3D rendering code; elements of far more suitable GPU organizations.

• GeForce 3 and Early Vertex Shaders

  A description of the GeForce 3 with an emphasis on its programmable vertex shader.

• Programmable Shader APIs

  The APIs that application programmers can use to program GPUs. Details of OpenGL Shading Language.