Qualcomm Incorporated

Scott William Nolan

Andrew Evan Gruber

Guofang Jiao

Liang Li

Elina Kamenetskaya

Gregory Steve Pitarys

Zhenyu Qi

Rakesh Kumar Dewangan

Ajay Nawandhar

This disclosure describes an apparatus configured to process graphics data. The apparatus may include a fixed hardware pipeline configured to execute one or more functions on a current set of graphics data. The fixed hardware pipeline may include a plurality of stages including a bypassable portion of the plurality of stages. The apparatus may further include a shortcut circuit configured to route the current set of graphics data around the bypassable portion of the plurality of stages, and a controller positioned before the bypassable portion of the plurality of stages, the controller configured to selectively route the current set of graphics data to one of the shortcut circuit or the bypassable portion of the plurality of stages.

Dynamic pipeline for graphics processing

Various apparatuses and methods are disclosed for processing texture data compressed with a first compression algorithm and texture data compressed with a second compression algorithm. A processing system may be used to determine whether the compressed texture data is compressed with the first or second compression algorithm, and process the compressed texture data using a decompression algorithm corresponding to the compression algorithm used to compress the texture date.

Texture decompression for graphics processors

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Holliston, MA, United States of America

Scott William Nolan