Method and apparatus for incremental acceleration of the renderi

Details Method and apparatus for incremental acceleration of the renderi Method and apparatus for incremental acceleration of the renderi

1994-09-30

1997-01-07

Nguyen, Phu K.

G06F 1500

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055926010

ABSTRACT:
A method for providing objects to a rendering circuit. The method comprises the steps of: generating an active list, the active including a first subset of the objects; accessing the first subset of objects from the first memory; storing the first subset of objects in a second memory, the second memory having a faster access time than the first memory, and providing the active list to the rendering circuit.

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