Multithreading for visual effects

Summary: Introduction and Overview James ReindersIntroduction Overview of Case Studies MotivationProgram in Tasks, Not Threads Value of Abstraction Scaling and Vectorization Advancing Programming Languages for Parallel Programming Parallel Programming in C and C++ Data Movement and Layout Summary Additional ReadingHoudini: Multithreading Existing Software Jeff LaitWhat Is Houdini? Rewrite or Refactor Patterns Copy on Write Dependencies OpenCL The Presto Execution System: Designing for Multithreading George ElKouraIntroduction Presto Presto's Execution SystemUser ExtensionsMemory Access Patterns Flexibi.

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ISBN: 9781482243567
ISBN: 9781322634128
ISBN: 1322634122
ISBN: 9781482243567
ISBN: 1482243563
ISBN: 1482243571
ISBN: 9781482243574
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 207 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).
Formatted Contents Note:	Houdini : multithreading existing software / Jeff Lait -- The Presto execution system : designing for multithreading / George ElKoura -- LibEE : parallel evaluation of character rigs / Martin Watt -- Fluids : simulation on the CPU / Ronald Henderson -- Bullet physics : simulation with OpenCL / Erwin Coumans -- OpenSubdiv : interoperating GPU compute and drawing / Manuel Kraemer.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed January 14, 2015).