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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Abhishek R. Appu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Prasoonkumar Surti, Folsom, CA (US);
Srivallaba Mysore, Folsom, CA (US);
Subhajit Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Hiroshi Akiba, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric J. Hoekstra, Latrobe, CA (US);
Linda L. Hurd, Cool, CA (US);
Travis T. Schluessler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Daren J. Schmidt, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abhishek R. Appu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Prasoonkumar Surti, Folsom, CA (US);
Srivallaba Mysore, Folsom, CA (US);
Subhajit Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
Hiroshi Akiba, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Eric J. Hoekstra, Latrobe, CA (US);
Linda L. Hurd, Cool, CA (US);
Travis T. Schluessler, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Daren J. Schmidt, Chandler, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a processor receives an incoming data stream that includes alpha channel data, and a memory stores an application programming interface (API). The API is to route the alpha channel data to a fixed point blending unit to perform one or more blending operations using fixed point representation of the alpha channel data. The API is further to route the incoming data stream to a floating point blending unit to perform operations involving floating point representation of the incoming data.