Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Graphic manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-02
2005-08-02
Razavi, Michael (Department: 2672)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Graphic manipulation
C345S629000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06924820
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for rasterizing and rendering graphics data is disclosed. Vertices may be grouped to form primitives such as triangles, which are rasterized using two-dimensional arrays of samples bins. To overcome fragmentation problems, the system's sample evaluation hardware may be configured to over-evaluate samples each clock cycle. Since a number of the samples will typically not survive evaluation because they will be outside the primitive being rendered, the remaining surviving samples may be combined into sets, with one set being forwarded to subsequent pipeline stages each clock cycle in order to attempt to keep the pipeline utilization high.
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Kehlet David C.
Kubalska Ewa M.
Lavelle Michael G.
Pascual Mark E.
Ramani Nandini
Amini Javid
Hood Jeffrey C.
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Razavi Michael
Sun Microsystems Inc.
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