Research Equipment Grant: A Graphics Supercomputer for a Virtual Reality Conceptual Design System

9500544 亨德森 该赠款为亚利桑那州立大学机械和航空航天工程系提供资金，用于购买图形超级计算机设备，这些设备将专门用于支持综合产品和过程开发（IPPD）步骤模拟研究。 这种绘图设备将取代目前过时的研究工作站，这些工作站对目前的研究项目来说速度太慢。 具体来说，新的工作站将允许复杂的部分显示和操作在真实的时间，同时使用纹理映射和照明模型。 此外，该工作站将允许以120 Hz刷新率进行立体三维观看，这是当前立体观看设备所要求的。 该设备将实现并行工程、模拟和数据可视化的实时显示。 计算速度很重要，因为当今产品开发中使用的度量标准是时间，其形式包括缩短上市时间、即时设计反馈、电子商务的网络显示以及实时仿真动画。 该设备支持工程设计的几个重要方面。 其中包括一些可能推进工程设计最先进水平的研究项目。 工程设计研究对于在几乎所有产品的设计和生产中保持竞争地位至关重要。

9500544 Henderson This grant provides funding to the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Arizona State University for the purchase of graphics supercomputer equipment that will be dedicated to the support of research in simulation of steps in Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD). This graphics equipment will replace currently outdated research workstations that are too slow for current research projects. Specifically, the new workstation will allow complex parts to be displayed and manipulated in real time while using texture mapping and lighting models. In addition, the workstation will allow stereo three-dimensional viewing at a 120 Hz refresh rate, which is required by current stereo viewing equipment. This equipment will enable real-time display for concurrent engineering, simulation, and data visualization. Computational speed is important because a metric used in today's product development is time, in the form of reduced time to market, instant design feedback, networked display for electronic commerce, and real-time simulation animation. Several important aspects of engineering design are supported by this equipment. These include a number of research projects that are likely to advance the state-of-the-art of engineering design. Research in engineering design is important to the maintenance of a competitive position in the design and production of nearly all products.