The inherent reconfigurability of SRAM-based FPGAs enables the use of configurations optimized for the problem at hand. Optimized configurations are smaller and faster than their g...
We present a new, real-time method for rendering soft shadows from large light sources or lighting environments on dynamic height fields. The method first computes a horizon map f...
Traditional storage systems provide a simple read/write interface, which is inadequate for low-locality update-intensive workloads because it limits the disk scheduling flexibili...
Abstract In this paper we propose an extensible architecture for database engines where satellite databases are used to scale out and implement additional functionality for a centr...
One trend in software development is to implement application functionalities through Web services. This eases the possibility of developing interactive applications exploiting fu...