Method and system for texture instruction demotion optimization

Details Method and system for texture instruction demotion optimization Method and system for texture instruction demotion optimization

2004-11-19

2010-11-02

Nguyen, Hau H (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

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C345S522000, C345S607000, C345S612000

Reexamination Certificate

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07825936

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for optimizing graphics program execution by allowing the sharing of shader resources is disclosed. The method includes accessing a graphics program using a shader pipeline. If a texture projective instruction is included in the graphics program, a determination is made as to whether a texture projective parameter q indicates a non-projective texture. If the texture projective parameter indicates a non-projective texture, the texture projective instruction is demoted and a resulting demoted texture instruction is executed using a plurality of interpolators of the shader pipeline, which requires fewer shader resources.

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