API communications for vertex and pixel shaders

Details API communications for vertex and pixel shaders API communications for vertex and pixel shaders

2005-11-08

2005-11-08

Bella, Matthew C. (Department: 2676)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics display memory system

Register

C345S561000, C345S538000, C345S426000, C345S522000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06963345

ABSTRACT:
A three-dimensional API for communicating with hardware implementations of vertex shaders and pixel shaders having local registers. With respect to vertex shaders, API communications are provided that may make use of an on-chip register index and API communications are also provided for a specialized function, implemented on-chip at a register level, that outputs the fractional portion(s) of input(s). With respect to pixel shaders, API communications are provided for a specialized function, implemented on-chip at a register level, that performs a linear interpolation function and API communications are provided for specialized modifiers, also implemented on-chip at a register level, that perform modification functions including negating, complementing, remapping, stick biasing, scaling and saturating. Advantageously, these API communications expose these very useful on-chip graphical algorithmic elements to a developer while hiding the details of the operation of the vertex shader and pixel shader chips from the developer.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6452595 (2002-09-01), Montrym et al.
patent: 6525737 (2003-02-01), Duluk, Jr. et al.

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