Memory efficient method for triangle rasterization

Details Memory efficient method for triangle rasterization Memory efficient method for triangle rasterization

1997-04-14

1999-06-22

Zimmerman, Mark K.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Three-dimension

345441, 345434, G06F 1500

Patent

active

059147229

ABSTRACT:
A method of rasterization of a polygon in a 3D draw engine, comprising storing data defining a polygon in a memory organized in pages, the polygon crossing a memory page boundary, comprising rasterizing a first portion of the polygon contained within a memory page, and subsequently rasterizing a second portion of the polygon which is located outside the memory page.

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