Graphics subsystem with slaveable rasterizer

Details Graphics subsystem with slaveable rasterizer Graphics subsystem with slaveable rasterizer

1995-03-24

1998-09-29

Tung, Kee M.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphic processing system

Plural graphics processors

345509, 345520, G06T 120

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058151664

ABSTRACT:
A graphics processing system with a message-passing architecture, in which the rasterizer can be bypassed by a particular type of message from the host. This permits rasterization to be slaved to the host downloads and bitmasks, so that images and patterns can be applied to lines and polygons, rather than just rectangles as is the case for prior art.

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