Multifunction high performance graphics rendering processor

Details Multifunction high performance graphics rendering processor Multifunction high performance graphics rendering processor

1990-09-14

1994-01-04

Shaw, Dale M.

395130, 395134, 395164, G06F 1520

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052767981

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a multifunction cogenerator or graphics processor for use in a graphics rendering processor. The graphics processor comprises dual graphics engines operating in parallel, with one of the engines having higher operating priority than the other. The graphics processor comprises a conics, vector, and area fill generator, a symbol generator, a bit block transfer operator, and a block texturing and complex clip mask processor synchronously controlled by a multiprocess scheduler. Included in the graphics processor is a large display memory for receiving and storing program instructions and data generated by an external host processor, internal generators and processors, and a bit mapped memory of a graphics display. The graphics processor provides hardware specific graphics functions and externally programmable general purpose processing.

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