Looking at the Hard Stuff

Determining how computer graphics will evolve requires a good understanding of both software and hardware advances. As a software person, I tend to pay less attention to hardware than I should. I’ve fi nally realized that all the software I’ve written over the past few decades relies on hardware. And how my software behaves changes dramatically when my hardware changes. This issue’s column is dedicated to computer hardware advances. Some of it might become reality and further advance our fi eld of computer graphics.