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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vasanth Ranganathan, El dorado Hills, CA (US);
Saikat Mandal, Folsom, CA (US);
Prasoonkumar Surti, Folsom, CA (US);
Abhishek R. Appu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Andrew S. Downsworth, Folsom, CA (US);
Vamsee Vardhan Chivukula, Folsom, CA (US);
Akshay Chada, Folsom, CA (US);
Karol A. Szerszen, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Joydeep Ray, Folsom, CA (US);
Bryon T. Rogers, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of graphics apparatus may include a coarse depth tester to perform a coarse depth test on a block of pixels, and a stencil tester to perform a stencil test on the block of pixels. The stencil tester may be further configured to perform the stencil test in parallel with the coarse depth test. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.