Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphic processing system – Plural graphics processors
Patent
1996-06-12
1999-01-05
Tung, Kee M.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphic processing system
Plural graphics processors
345418, 345523, 345513, 36474801, G06F 1516
Patent
active
058568310
ABSTRACT:
A clamping system is designed to clamp floating point values from a geometry accelerator in a computer graphics system. The clamping system includes a register configured to receive the floating point value from a connection from the geometry accelerator in the graphics system. Logic associated with the register is configured to determine when the value is less than or equal to a first threshold value (preferably, 0), greater than or equal to a second threshold value (preferably, 1), and between the first and second threshold values. An output mechanism is controlled by the logic. In the preferred embodiment, the output mechanism is a multiplexer interconnected with a tristate driver. The output mechanism is configured to output onto the connection the first threshold value when the color value is less than or equal to the first threshold value, to output onto the connection the second threshold value when the color value is greater than or equal to the second threshold value, and to output onto the connection the originally received floating point value when the floating point value is between the first and second threshold values. An absolute value logic mechanism is associated with the clamping system. The absolute value logic mechanism is configured to force a sign bit of the value that is output by the output mechanism to exhibit a positive state so that the absolute value of an incoming floating point value can be accomplished.
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Pessetto John R.
Scott Noel D.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Tung Kee M.
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