The addition of system instrumentation features have been sporadically incorporated into processor architectures over the last several decades. Particular emphasis areas of high performance, embedded and real-time computing are reviewed in terms of software and hardware measurements and approaches representing active research directions. A novel approach is described that may be readily used with recent advances in Field Programmable Gate Array technology using embedded processors.The approach and preliminary results are described using a Xilinx device with a MicroBlaze™ 32 bit architecture. Some system level problems are outlined and examined.

This paper presents the final report of the ACM/SIGGRAPH Graphics Standards Planning Committee (GSPC) State-of-the-Art Subcommittee. This group's charter was to compare existing vector-oriented graphics packages to determine their similarities and differences. Eight graphics packages and the GSPC "Core System" were selected for review.

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