Computer Graphics

9.

Real-Time Rendering and Graphics APIs

9.1.

Graphics Hardware Architecture

9.1.1.

GPU Architecture

9.1.1.1.

Parallel Processing Units

9.1.1.2.

Memory Hierarchy

9.1.1.3.

9.1.2.

Graphics Pipeline Hardware

9.1.2.1.

Vertex Processing Units

9.1.2.2.

Rasterization Units

9.1.2.3.

Fragment Processing Units

9.1.3.

9.1.3.1.

9.1.3.2.

9.1.3.3.

Bandwidth Considerations

9.2.

Graphics Programming Interfaces

9.2.1.

9.2.1.1.

OpenGL Pipeline

9.2.1.2.

OpenGL State Machine

9.2.1.3.

9.2.1.4.

Vertex Array Objects

9.2.1.5.

OpenGL Shading Language

9.2.2.

9.2.2.1.

Direct3D Pipeline

9.2.2.2.

DirectX Graphics Infrastructure

9.2.2.3.

High-Level Shading Language

9.2.3.

9.2.3.1.

Low-Level API Design

9.2.3.2.

Command Buffers

9.2.3.3.

Synchronization Primitives

9.2.3.4.

Memory Management

9.2.4.

9.2.4.1.

Apple Graphics API

9.2.4.2.

Metal Shading Language

9.2.4.3.

Compute Shaders

9.3.

Programmable Shaders

9.3.1.

Shader Pipeline Stages

9.3.1.1.

9.3.1.1.1.

Vertex Transformation

9.3.1.1.2.

Vertex Attribute Processing

9.3.1.2.

Tessellation Shaders

9.3.1.2.1.

9.3.1.2.2.

9.3.1.2.3.

Surface Subdivision

9.3.1.3.

Geometry Shaders

9.3.1.3.1.

Primitive Generation

9.3.1.3.2.

9.3.1.4.

Fragment Shaders

9.3.1.4.1.

Per-Pixel Processing

9.3.1.4.2.

Texture Sampling

9.3.1.5.

Compute Shaders

9.3.1.5.1.

General Purpose Computing

9.3.1.5.2.

Parallel Algorithms

9.3.2.

Shader Programming

9.3.2.1.

Shader Languages

9.3.2.2.

Uniform Variables

9.3.2.3.

Varying Variables

9.3.2.4.

Texture Sampling

9.3.2.5.

9.4.

Advanced Real-Time Techniques

9.4.1.

Deferred Rendering

9.4.1.1.

Geometry Buffer

9.4.1.2.

Light Accumulation Pass

9.4.1.3.

Bandwidth Considerations

9.4.2.

Forward Plus Rendering

9.4.2.1.

Tile-Based Lighting

9.4.2.2.

9.4.3.

Physically Based Rendering

9.4.3.1.

Energy Conservation

9.4.3.2.

Fresnel Equations

9.4.3.3.

Microfacet Models

9.4.3.4.

Image-Based Lighting

9.4.4.

Screen Space Techniques

9.4.4.1.

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion

9.4.4.2.

Screen Space Reflections

9.4.4.3.

Screen Space Subsurface Scattering

9.4.5.

Temporal Techniques

9.4.5.1.

Temporal Upsampling

9.4.5.2.

Temporal Anti-Aliasing

9.4.5.3.

Reprojection Methods

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