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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vasanth Ranganathan, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Saikat Mandal, Folsom, CA (US);
Karol A. Szerszen, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Saurabh Sharma, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Vamsee Vardhan Chivukula, Folsom, CA (US);
Abhishek R. Appu, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Joydeep Ray, Folsom, CA (US);
Prasoonkumar Surti, Folsom, CA (US);
Altug Koker, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus comprises a processor to compute depth values for one or more 4×4 blocks of pixels using 16 source interpolators and 8 destination interpolators on an incoming fragment of pixel data if the destination is in min/max format, and a memory to store a depth test result performed on the one or more 4×4 blocks of pixels. Otherwise the processor is to compute depth values for one or more 8×4 blocks of pixels using 16 source interpolators and 16 destination interpolators if the destination is in plane format.