Data Parallel Visualization and Rendering on the RAMSES Supercomputer with ANARI
arXiv:2501.01628 [cs.GR], (3 Jan 2025)
@misc{zellmann2025dataparallelvisualizationrendering,
title={Data Parallel Visualization and Rendering on the RAMSES Supercomputer with ANARI},
author={Stefan Zellmann},
year={2025},
eprint={2501.01628},
archivePrefix={arXiv},
primaryClass={cs.GR},
url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01628}
}
3D visualization and rendering in HPC are very heterogenous applications, though fundamentally the tasks involved are well-defined and do not differ much from application to application. The Khronos Group’s ANARI standard seeks to consolidate 3D rendering across sci-vis applications. This paper makes an effort to convey challenges of 3D rendering and visualization with ANARI in the context of HPC, where the data does not fit within a single node or GPU but must be distributed. It also provides a gentle introduction to parallel rendering concepts and challenges to practitioners from the field of HPC in general. Finally, we present a case study showcasing data parallel rendering on the new supercomputer RAMSES at the University of Cologne.
January 13, 2025 by hgpu
