Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Graph generating
Patent
1996-06-04
2000-08-29
Zimmerman, Mark K.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Graph generating
345509, 345521, 345515, G06T 1140
Patent
active
061115843
ABSTRACT:
A rendering processor with texture processing capability, in which textures are retrieved from local storage as n.times.n patches. By retrieving a multi-pixel patch on each memory read, the frequency of memory accesses and page breaks in particular are reduced, resulting in a lower memory access time overhead.
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3DLabs Inc. Ltd.
Formby Betty
Groover Bor Robert
Padmanabhan Mano
Zimmerman Mark K.
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