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- From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Chunky Pixels vs. Bitplanes (was: Chunky Chip Set...)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.142652.20451@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:26:52 GMT
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- In <jbickers.0mdl@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
- >> I am talking about a single blitter architecture. The simple point that
- >> you need less memory for less bitplanes makes an operation faster.
-
- > So do you concede that 8-bit chunky pixels are indeed faster than
- > 8-bit planar pixels for CPU-driven drawing operations?
-
- *sigh*. They are slightly faster for area operations and significantly
- faster for non-horizontal line drawing. But I was not talking about
- 8-bit planar pixels. I have no problems with the worse efficiency when
- I can use different pixel depth. Maybe I'm not concerned about doing
- vector demos without hidden line removal.
-
- > Can you present your algorithm for bitmap scaling that performs as
- > well as a chunky-pixel based algorithm?
-
- It uses a 256k table (64k longwords) or less when I have a processor that can
- do several instructions during video memory accesses. Why would that slow down
- the algorithm ?
-
- > Me. A digital dissolve is basically filling an area by writing
- > single pixels.
-
- Hmm. I thought it was a mapping operation.
-
- >> Fortunately, line drawing usually has to handle less data (you won't try to
- >> fill the screen with vertical lines..).
-
- > Horizontal wipes do indeed fill the screen with vertical lines.
-
- True.. Now, who talks about special cases :) BTW, you do not want to
- make a horizontal wipe arbitrarily fast. It could become invisible :)
-
- Regards,
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- Michael van Elst
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