Direct-mapped texture caching with concise tags

Details Direct-mapped texture caching with concise tags Direct-mapped texture caching with concise tags

2006-06-13

2006-06-13

Razavi, Michael (Department: 2672)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

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C345S588000

Reexamination Certificate

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07061500

ABSTRACT:
A graphics system architecture, in which condensed cache tags for texture are achieved by a remapping operation which exploits the relation between the level-of-detail parameter of mip mapping and the maximum resolution.

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