CoSMo: Intent-based composition of shader modules

• Published in: 2014 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP) pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Haaser, Georg, Steinlechner, Harald, May, Michael, Schwarzler, Michael, Maierhofer, Stefan, Tobler, Robert
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: SCITEPRESS 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Composition; Embedded; Language; Lighting; Pipelines; Programming; Rendering; Rendering (computer graphics); Semantics; Shader; Surface treatment; Synthesizers

We propose a novel shader programming model which operates on intent-oriented shader modules instead of specific programs for dedicated GPU rasterization pipeline stages. In constrast to existing pipeline shader frameworks, our system exposes a radically simplified pipeline, which we purposefully al...