Signal processing method and apparatus for interactive graphics

Details Signal processing method and apparatus for interactive graphics Signal processing method and apparatus for interactive graphics

1997-04-29

1998-05-26

Nguyen, Phu K.

395520, 395526, G06T 300

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ABSTRACT:
In a signal processing method for use in a three-dimensional computer graphics system, in order to increase the processing speed between the raster engine and a frame buffer, the frame buffer is accessed by an interleaving method and a Z-value comparison is performed in a Z-buffer of the frame buffer. The bandwidth of the frame buffer can be improved by executing a modify cycle in a memory.

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