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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Wei Hong, Edison, NJ (US);
Wei LI, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein is a system and method for facilitating large volume data processing and rendering. An exemplary system includes at least one processor coupled to a first memory, wherein the processor is configured to organize the large volume data in the first memory into one or more bricks. In addition, at least one graphics processing unit (GPU) is coupled to the processor and a second memory. The GPU is configured to process at least one or more bricks transferred from the first memory to the second memory to produce intermediate processing results, and to further render the intermediate processing results.