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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bartosz Ciechanowski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Imbrogno, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gokhan Avkarogullari, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathaniel C. Begeman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean M. Gies, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael J. Swift, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
One disclosed embodiment is directed to graphics processing method for displaying a user interface. The method includes executing a plurality of graphic processing operation in a single rendering pass. The rendering pass includes several render targets. At least one of the render targets is designated as a memory-less render target. The memory-less render target is used to store intermediate data. The intermediate data is combined with the outcome of at least one other graphics processing operation to generate a combined result. The combined result is stored in the frame buffer memory for display.