Method and apparatus for parallel conversion of color values fro

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1998-04-30

1999-11-30

Chauhan, Ulka J.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphic processing system

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345505, 345513, 345153, 712222, 708204, 708495, G06F 1300, G06F 1580

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059951222

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for parallel processing of graphics data are described. A number of color components are stored in a floating point format in at least one register of a set of 128-bit registers in a packed format. The color components in the floating point format are converted to numbers in an integer format. The numbers in the integer format are placed in at least one register of a set of 64-bit registers in the packed format. Color components are assembled for image pixels from the numbers in the integer format.

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