Super-User (root++at++zermatt.engr.sgi.com)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
Its a hack, but a very, very useful hack, for getting people to multi-pipe
quickly.
Whereas Performer is a performance graphics API, which allows a user to
describe their data, and control how they want it drawn, but where the API does
the real work of the drawing, and does so in an optimal (ie damn fast) manner.
MPU doesn't do any drawing, it just helps the user to go multi-pipe.
What they do have in common is that like Optimizer, and Fahrenheit, it takes
some of the work out of writing multi-pipe code .... although things like
Performer, Optimizer and Fahrenheit have much more knowledge of the data and
framework and as such make the multi-pipe thing much easier.
> > If you know of a better forum for questions regarding MPU, please reply
> > personally.
> > And I apologize if this subject has been addressed in other Performer
circles...
>
> Never heard of it (of course I'm kinda new at this). So, where can this
> spec be found?
>
http://www-devprg.sgi.de/devtools/tools/MPU
Written by Patrick Bouchaud from SGI Cortaillod.
Ciao,
Simon
> - Phil
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>-- End of excerpt from Phil Keslin
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